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Discover the history of your local area at a free event
Cambridgeshire residents are being given a unique opportunity to find out more about their own personal history as well as that of the local area. Free workshops and talks will take place in Cambridge, St Neots and Wisbech during June and July in celebration of BBC Two’s The Great British Story: A People’s History series.… Read more
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Charity giving tax relief cap lifted
I recently met with a number of charities who all were very worried about the cap on tax relief on charitable giving outlined in the budget. I wrote to our local Members of Parliament urging them to apply pressure to have a rethink on this change as it would hurt a large number of charities… Read more
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Check finds 90% of mopeds to be illegal
Some of our youngest and least experienced road users are not helping to protect themselves from harm. Cambridgeshire County Council’s Road Safety Team joined forces with the Police and Cambridge Regional College as part of an initiative to improve safety among students who ride mopeds and scooters. CRC organised an education morning as part of… Read more
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Top Marks For County Council Respite Service
A respite service for adults with learning disabilities has been given top marks in every category after a visit by Government inspectors. The service in Alder Close, March, recently underwent an unannounced routine inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and was found to be performing well in all aspects of the inspection. The centre… Read more
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CPSN Launch – My Speech
I include my speech for those who follow such things. CPSN launch speech Virgin Media Business have published my comments. http://www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk/News-and-events/Business-blog/2012/Breaking-down-barriers/ Read more
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Launch of Cambridgeshire Public Services Network
Today, it was my pleasure to launch this fantastic communications network. The network joins up a number of our partners including fire, Citizens Advice and all our district councils with the exception of Cambridge City who did not want to join in. CPSN feeds into our schools, offices, libraries and public community access points. The… Read more