Blog Posts

  • Carol service – Kings College

    On Tuesday 5th Dec a carol service for secondary school pupils was held in the Kings College chapel. It is treated as a dress rehearsal for the famous Christmas event. I was very pleased to be invited. What a wonderful event. Lovely singing in a fantastic venue. Read more

  • A14 News Welcomed

    All cross your fingers for some good news tomorrow on the A14. We need more Tarmac not just fiddling about with junctions in the way that Julian Huppert seems to be suggesting. If he is serious he must be the only person in the county that thinks that way with the exception of a small… Read more

  • 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