Blog Posts

  • Health and Wellbeing Board – District network meeting

    Cllr Sue Ellington was selected by all the districts to represent the district views on the health and wellbeing board. We met at SCDC today, together with Tony Orgee, Cabinet member for H&WB. Sue is doing a great job ensuring the districts are fully represented and wanted to check with me that her progress was Read more

  • Care Network Cambridgeshire

    Interesting meeting with the chief officer of this charity. They do some excellent work in helping to support vulnerable adults. I was able to signal my positive view on charitable work. I explained I welcome working with charities but, but, the business case must stack up. If a charity can provide the same or better Read more

  • Source Cambridgeshire – opportunities for local business

    http://www.sourcecambridgeshire.co.uk The day after the government revealed a package of “radical reforms” aimed at making it easier for British firms to bid for government contracts, I was delighted to hear news about Source Cambridgeshire. Businesses often tell me we should work harder to ensure local businesses are aware of opportunities to win Council contracts. This Read more

  • Leaders and Chief Officers meeting

    This is an informal meeting of all the chief execs and leaders from the districts, police, fire and NHS as well as myself and Mark Lloyd. We had a really good discussion and agreed a work plan for the Cambridgeshire Public Services Board as well as discussing data sharing, financial strategies, the A14, changes in Read more

  • Guest Speaker at the Cambridge Union debate on the Human Rights Act

    It was my honour and pleasure to be invited to speak at a Cambridge Union debate on the Human Rights Act last night. It was a lively affair as you would expect with the Lib Dems on one side and us Conservatives on the other. You can feel the history and sense the great men Read more

  • CCS Open Distribution Centre – New Jobs Created

    It was my great pleasure to formally open this new distribution centre. It will improve efficiency and drive down costs. I had an opportunity to eat a school meal and I have to say I did not recognise it as one. It was tasty, not over cooked and I am told very balanced. A great Read more