Blog Posts

  • Enterprise Zone – early interest

    One of the top priorities of the Conservative run Cambridgeshire County Council is to help make our county the best place to do business. We want to attract business and help them grow. Business growth = employment = less demand on public services = low rates. Key to achieving this priority will be the EZ… Read more

  • Great family day

    Mum and dad live in Cornwall so I don’t get to see them as often as I would like. After an epic 9 hour journey they arrived on tuesday evening. A lovely evening was had with my parents, daughter and partner, son and my first grandson. The simple pleasure of a shared meal, lots of… Read more

  • Enterprise Zone comes to Cambridgeshire – jackpot

    What fantastic news. The government has just announced that Alconbury Airfield has been selected as an enterprise zone (EZ). This is hugely important as it will enable business rates to be retained locally rather than being passed back to the treasury. These rates can be used for any strategic project that promotes growth anywhere in… Read more

  • Looked after children – Wisbech, St Neots

    On Tuesday I had a fascinating day working with the children and young people’s service. It started with me attending a team meeting of children’s social workers in Cambridge. Clearly, this is a team of very dedicated, caring professionals focused on the children. I worry that expectations placed on our social workers are too high.… Read more

  • Guided Busway – smooth, reliable and open

    The sun is shining, an early breakfast of Michael Beaumont’s wonderful Fulbourn sausages and the guided busway is open – what a great start to the day. I was pleased to join Cllr Ian Bates in opening the guided busway in St. Ives on this historic day. Large crowds of excited people, spontaneous applause, reporters… Read more

  • Internet use – scams

    This is a copy of a press release sent out by the County Council. Scams like this hurt in two ways. Firstly, it affects the individual involved and secondly it puts off other users from making more use of the Internet. My parents have taken some considerable convincing to use the Internet but now are… Read more