Blog Posts

  • Fulbourn Division Parish Report – July 2011

    Parish Council report from County Councillor Nick Clarke COUNCIL CHAIRMAN LEADS ARMED FORCES DAY CEREMONY The Chairman of Cambridgeshire County Council, accompanied by Captain Victor Lucas RN, Deputy Lieutenant for Cambridgeshire, and Nick Clarke, Leader of the County Council lead the County Council’s flag-raising ceremony in recognition of national Armed Forces Day. Capt Lucas inspect Read more

  • Andrew Neil speaks at LGA fringe meeting – Lib Dems have had it!!

    At one of the fringe events, around the LGA conference in Birmingham, I had the pleasure to listen to Andrew Neil (still no sign of Diane Abbott). He gave an analyst’s view of where we are economically and politically. As this was not a party political meeting he pulled the tails of all three parties Read more

  • Stonewall – education for all conference – Cambridgeshire takes top award

    Cambridgeshire has been working hard to overcome homophobia. This issue is one that is often not dealt with in schools up and down the country. We all hear young people use the word “gay” to describe all sorts of negative issues but how often to we understand the hurt it causes. The young person struggling Read more

  • Business rates to be retained locally

    At the LGA conference we heard from Nick Clegg that business rates will be retained locally rather than going to central government as they are now. Interestingly, he looked nervous and spoke poorly. I heard the comment “dead man walking” which had a ring to it. In theory this should be very good for Cambridgeshire, Read more

  • Senior Management Restructuring – Environment Services

    Yesterday the Council’s Appointments Committee met and interviewed candidates for the two Service Director roles within the reshaped Environment Services senior team. The following Appointments have been made: * Service Director, Strategy and Development: Graham Hughes * Service Director, Infrastructure Management and Operations: John Onslow Very sadly, with the reduced number of senior roles in Read more

  • Busy day in the office

    The day started at 0800 in Shire Hall going through my diary for the week with my PA. This was followed by a full and frank discussion with a fellow councillor who needed some guidance on how best to perform as a councillor. At 0930 I chaired the Leaders and Chief Officers group. These are Read more