Blog Posts

  • A14 – interview on Anglia TV

    Talking about the fantastic news that the government is now backing the A14 upgrade. There have been false dawns before but this time the county council is part of the solution and has influence at the DfT. video Read more

  • A14 given green light for upgrade from Ministers

    This is great news. We have been working very hard with DfT and the Treasury to get the A14 upgrade back on the agenda. Andrew Lansley MP has been particularly helpful in getting this discussed at the very highest levels in government. I’m not sure where this leaves Julian Huppert, the Lib Dem MP for Read more

  • Labour – interesting choice for MP selection

    Daniel Zeichner has been selected by Labour activists to fight the Cambridge City seat. At the last election Daniel was beaten into third place behind the Lib Dems and our own Conservative Nick Hilman. My money was on Tariq Sadiq the Labour opposition leader at the County Council. Tariq would have been a much bigger Read more

  • Cabinet

    This week we had our regular formal Cabinet meeting. It was a relatively quiet affair with no petitions and opposition not wanting to speach on many issues. I can only assume they are supporting most of what we are doing. We discussed an excellent member led review, by Sam Hoy and her team, on domestic Read more

  • Huntingdon Regional College

    Today, I had a very positive meeting with the Susanne Stent, who heads up HRC. These regular meetings with organisations that underpin our economic growth are so important. We discussed a range of issues including how our “looked after children” could be given that extra support if they need it. I was particularly struck with Read more

  • Ubisense Queen’s Award Reception

    Ubisense is another great Cambridge company. They specialise in making component tacking devices that are used in manufacturing. The idea is that a component that is to be fitted to a car or aircraft can be tracked through out the whole assembly process. This speeds up assembly and reduces waste. Ubisense Last night I attended Read more