Work begins next week (5 November) on doubling the size of St Ives Park & Ride site to help keep Cambridgeshire moving. The works are part of a grant of over £2 million which Cambridgeshire County Council has received from the Government to help reduce congestion on the A14. When the work is finished there… Read more

Yesterday we had a good A14 steering group meeting. The project is going to plan and with a fair wind might start earlier than the published date of 2018. DfT continue to work closely with our officers in preparing the plans for the major A14 widening scheme. It was great to see the initial ideas… Read more

One of the great successes of the Conservative administration, at the County Council, has been to bring about the funding of the new station in Cambridge. When I first became Leader the new station seemed an obvious infrastructure improvement that would benefit the local economy and not dent the public purse for very long. Driving… Read more

I am helping to lead a campaign calling on the Government to address the crisis in funding elderly care which threatens the council’s ability to fund key services. The rising cost of providing care and support to a rapidly growing ageing population, combined with the growing cost of delivering other statutory responsibilities like social services and… Read more

I read with great interest the letter in the Cambridge News dated 31st October. Paul Sales is the Labour County Councillor for Arbury Ward. In amongst his playfull letter I think he might have been nice to me. What impressed me about his letter was his reflection on my view of life seems to appeal… Read more

On the 26th October we held our Wisbech 2020 vision event in the Boathouse in Wisbech.  The aim of the summit was to present the findings of the work carried out so far in identifying how the economy of Wisbech might be improved. So far there have been public consultations, workshops and involvement from business… Read more