Blog Posts

  • A14 – Some Progress

    It is great to see that our hard work is paying off. When the A14 plans were cancelled earlier in the year it was a disaster. It meant that all the formal work carried out to date had no status. With lots of work, behind closed doors (yes closed doors), with ministers the agreement is… Read more

  • Adoption Service – Ministerial Visit

    It was great to welcome Tim Loughton, Minister for Children, to see what could be learnt from our transformed adoption services. Key to our briliant service has been the partnership with Coram – a national children’s charity and specialist voluntary adoption service. Coram bring national expertise which has helped improve our decision making resulting in… Read more

  • Cabinet – COWA

    A shorter than usual Cabinet today. I was pleased that Cabinet supported the actions we took to ensure the College of West Anglia engineering block project remained on track. Such a valuable educational facility, in one of our most deprived areas of the County, is essential to provide the skills needed for employment as well… Read more

  • CYPS – Strategy and Commissioning Directorate

    The Children and Young People Service play a huge role in the lives of children. I was asked to address a forum of 40 managers and chose to be challenging and thought provoking. This is important as we examine all our processes to ensure we provide the very best we can for the people of… Read more

  • Grafham Water Centre

    Yesterday I had a meeting with officers to discuss this fantastic centre. I was able to demonstrate my support for this well run activities centre that provides safe adventure activities for young and old alike. We need to challenge young people and give them some exposure to riskier activities than just playing on a games… Read more

  • Meeting SME business owners – FSB

    Last night I was the guest speaker at the local FSB AGM. I used to be the branch Chairman so knew a number of the attendees. It gave me the opportunity to deliver my pro business view on how the council should be performing and I was able to outline some practical help we are… Read more