Blog Posts

  • LGA Conference – my speech on adult social care

    LGA Conference – my speech on adult social care

    It was my pleasure to address the LGA conference today. I was straight on as the first speaker after the AGM. I was proposing a motion on adult social care which was passed unanimously by the hundreds of delegates present. You can read the content of my planned speech below. The reality was that I… Read more

  • Cambridge Union Debate

    Last week it was my pleasure to speak at a debate at the Cambridge Union. You can feel the history in the chamber and a sense of those that have spoken before. I had been asked to speak against the motion “Is greed destroying Cambridge”. I volunteered for the third slot on our side which… Read more

  • Cambridge & Counties Bank

    Our new bank is up and running and doing well. We have attracted a large number of prospective depositors with one already depositing £1/4 million. C&C is taking deposits from local companies and organisations and then using that money to make loans to other local companies, helping them to grow. http://www.ccbank.co.uk/ This is just about the safest bank… Read more

  • A14 – Lib Dems not claiming credit again surely!!!

    Some weeks ago the County Council was told that £20m was to be made available to carry out some minor work on the A14 to buy some time until the road is widened. This money came about as a result of a number of us on the A14 steering group pressing for some action after… Read more

  • Cambridge & Counties bank

    This great new bank is up and running and taking deposits. This is probably the safest bank in the UK backed by both our pension fund and Trinity Hall. 30 day rates from 2.25%. What a great local story. Local organisations investing in a local bank, for the benefit of local pensioners and local business.… Read more

  • Burghley House – lunch with the Queen

    What a great day. Like many others I had received an invite to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Picnic. What I had not immediately realised was that I had been lucky enough to be in the Cambridgeshire tent where we would be presented to the Queen. And then it got even better. I was invited to… Read more