The one issue that threatens to keep me awake at night is funding for adult social care and learning disability. Closely followed by children’s services of course. In Cambridgeshire we are facing a funding perfect storm. The numbers of people who need our services are growing very quickly, central government is cutting back our funding… Read more

Last night I was pleased to be reselected, at the first stage of the process, as the Conservative candidate for Fulbourn in next years elections. I have enjoyed my first term as a county councillor. It has been a real learning experience going from not being involved in politics, to being elected and then Leader… Read more

It was my pleasure, on friday, to host representatives from the EU on Friday. I was able to explain to them the huge advances being made in low carbon technology in Cambridgeshire. Carbon use equals high costs which we all want to avoid. We are setting up a fund, with help from the EU, to… Read more

Interesting to see Nick Clegg now apologising for making a pledge about university fees. I have a horrible feeling that the apology suggests he won’t be making any more pledges rather than dealing with the subject matter. I need to be careful, as I am a politician, but the apology does sound like a politicians… Read more

This morning I attended a Cambridge & Counties bank board meeting which was held in Leicestershire, one of the Counties the bank is targeting. All is well in our world of banking even if it is difficult elsewhere. Interestingly, it is now clear that banks are very, very regulated. I am sat on a train… Read more