First Huntingdon, then March and finally back to help host 38 senior business leaders from Holland, including the principal scientist from Philips Research. Developing relations with other countries is important and in particular when we are trying to attract technology companies here. I was asked, 5 minutes before the meal started, to give the opening… Read more

My first visit of the day was to the Youth Support Services in Huntingdon. I had been warned that I would end up in Court and as long as someone knew how to get me safely out of the clutches of the criminal justice system I was content. I met a number of extremely well… Read more

Yesterday it was my great pleasure to speak at the relaunch of this excellent centre in Station Road, March. It has been redeveloped to make it easier for people to access courses provided by the council as well as its partners. This centre will make it much easier to bring together a range of public… Read more

How very odd. Having posted a blog earlier I commented that the ONLY front bench opposition I KNEW was still there was Geoffrey Heathcock, looking after health. I have just seen a tweet from Cllr Belinda Brooks-Gordon talking about Geoff in the past tense. In fact Belinda was telling me off for not recognising his… Read more

I am pleased that Cambridgeshire County Council could step forward and help secure this funding for Fenland. It was a massive disappointment for us all when Government funding was cut and plans to build the College in March had to be stopped. It was my pleasure to personally intervene and working with Cllr Alan Melton,… Read more

The County Council is putting on this open day from 1pm – 6pm. Find out what is happening in your area from a variety of organisations. Try out the games and activities used on the family learning courses. Take a health check – local community health trainers will be on hand to help. Let us… Read more