Blog Posts

  • Budget proposals

    25/01/2012 Budget proposals The Council today published its Integrated Plan (IP) for the five years starting in April 2012. The papers are now available on our website. The Council’s priorities are at the heart of the spending plans. They are: Developing Cambridgeshire’s economy Helping people live independent and healthy lives Supporting and protecting vulnerable people.… Read more

  • Where have all the people gone?

    In November 2011 the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published indicative population estimates based on a revised method for estimating long term immigration. This has resulted in the population estimate for Cambridgeshire for mid 2010 being revised down by some 15000, mainly due to the reduction in the population of Cambridge City. Can this be… Read more

  • Budget

    The Cabinet Paper setting out the Council’s budget Plan proposals is now being printed ready for release tomorrow. This is not a light document having over 500 pages. Tomorrow morning my Cabinet and I will be briefing all County Councillors on our budget proposals. This is different to previous years when officers have briefed members.… Read more

  • Judgement

    A Conservative was walking along a knife edge cliff with a labour councillor and a Lib Dem councillor. He was asked which one would he would push off first? The obvious answer was the Lib Dem. Wrong. Business before pleasure so Labour first. 🙂 Read more

  • Chief Exec and Leader in prison

    Not a heading I would want to see very often!!!! Yesterday Mark and I went to meet the new Governor and some of his senior team at Littlehey Prison and Youth Offender Institute near Grafham Water. We managed to get in, avoid breaking any of the rules and get out again without incedent. Good news… Read more

  • Cabinet today

    What a great start to Cabinet today. We had a petition from Megan Carnie who was concerned about the speed of traffic in her local area. What was amazing was she was only 13 yet spoke confidently and clearly. When I spoke to her and her dad before the meeting started she told me she… Read more