Blog Posts

  • Gritting – great effort by the team

    I have had a number of positive comments, from members of the public, on gritting during this cold spell. It is a tough job keeping our roads open and often goes without thanks. Top effort team. Read more

  • Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire appoints deputies

    The Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, Hugh Duberly CBE, has appointed four Deputy Lieutenants to help with his work around the county. Notice of the appointments appeared in the London Gazette on January 30. They are: Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, from Cambridge Timothy Brietmeyer, from Bartlow Thomas Green, from Ely Margaret Mair, from Cambridge Sir Leszek Read more

  • Youth Offending Service – excellent inspection results

    Our Youth Offending Service has received the formal HMIP Core Case Inspection feedback from our Lead Inspector. The headline figures are excellent and way out perform what we had expected. 62 cases were scrutinised in detail and the Inspectors also carried out a survey with service users and victims. All of the feedback was positive Read more

  • Thistle Corner – Ely

    The complexity of planning and the regulations that seem to encase the process are often a mystery to me. What I can understand is that sometimes common sense seems to get lost. Thistle Corner in Ely is a case in point. I won’t bore anyone with the complexities of the regulations but we seem to Read more

  • Wisbech – Cabinet to be held there

    Since becoming Leader I have pledged my support for our deprived areas. We have a number of them spread all over the county and it really isn’t acceptable. Wisbech has some particularly challenging issues and often feels a long way from Shire Hall. I want to raise the profile and promote the positives of Wisbech. Read more

  • Council – prayers banned – not yet they are not

    I have a great respect for our judicial system but sometimes …………… some decisions seem bonkers. Given all the difficulties this country faces having judges time tied up with wrangles over whether it is legal for a council to hold prayers seems daft. If anyone is offended by prayers they don’t have to listen or Read more