On Monday I joined Anne Constantine, Principal of Cambridge Regional College, in greeting Greg Barker MP at the official opening of this fantastic new facility. As well as helping to show the Minister around I chaired a question and answer session where guests had the opportunity to put questions to Greg. He took the opportunity… Read more

Monday began with preparation for a meeting of informal cabinet at 1000. Some interesting points came out during our discussions. Always good to have an understanding across the councils business. Next up was a regular meeting with my deputy. Some important planning and reflection. Always a good discussion. Then I attended a pre meeting for… Read more

Two of the papers before Cabinet today were truly excellent. The first was a paper on Parenting Strategy and Early Intervention Family Support and the second was the placement strategy for looked after children with an emphasis on keeping families together. This was the stuff Councillors go into politics for. Both these papers felt very… Read more

Good to see the Park and Ride scheme being so well used. We approved an expansion of up to 600 additional spaces at the Babraham site. An update report on resources and performance showed we are on target to meet our savings targets with the exception of Community and Adult Services. Part of this overspend… Read more

A previous decision by Cabinet not to allow any more wind farms on County land was called in by the Overview and Scrutiny committee and referred back to Cabinet. We always seek to take into account, wherever possible, the views of O & S committees. In this case we re-affirmed the original decision to defer… Read more

Today was Cabinet. A full agenda with 19 items on it, some very significant to the people of Cambridgeshire. The debate amongst Cabinet was good but ………. Where were the usual questions and requests to speak from the Lib Dems? Is there a trend developing that they are not engaging at all? Apart from a… Read more