Great success at the last LEP Board, which I sit on. The Growing Places fund was discussed and it was agreed that the following should go forward: £750K for the Ely Crossing £1.5M for theBabrahamParkand Ride £3.5M forHuntingdon link road £150K for Babraham to Abington cycleway £875K for utility water improvement for Northstowe (submitted by… Read more

What a remarkable reseult last night. Cambridge, so long held in the grasp of the Lib Dem spin machine, has fallen to no overall control. Questions will be asked if this is the national effect or the local Lib Dem policy failures. I don’t think it is either. I think this is about a rejection… Read more

What a fantastic result for the Conservatives, last night. Congratulations to Shapour Meftah who won the Trumpington seat with a convincing margin. This is not just good news for Trumpington, who will benefit from a hardworking and able councillor, but Cambridge as a whole. Shapour will be able to get the voice of common sense… Read more

Our credible plan to deal with the mess inherited from Labour is the reason Britain has kept its triple-A credit rating and why interest rates remain low. Getting the public finances back on a stable footing is the best way of ensuring economic stability and an absolute prerequisite for growth and the creation of jobs.… Read more

No one believes that a well-funded IMF on its own is the solution to the problems of the eurozone. Eurozone countries need to make painful adjustments to their public finances and external deficits. It is a difficult path that they have to walk, although the new Governments in the likes of Ireland, Portugal, Spain and… Read more