Blog Posts

  • Armed Forces Day

    On Monday I was honoured to be invited to ceremony to celebrate Armed Forces Day. it was held outside Shire hall. I was there, with the chief exec, cabinet and the leader of the labour group. No Lib Dem leader though. School children and members of the British Legion were present. There were cadets who Read more

  • Meeting with Ministers – Grant Shapps

    On Tuesday I was invited to London to meet with Grant Shapps. It seems that new and young councillors were being gathered together to help identify barriers that councillors face. Clearly I only met the criteria on new not young despite my new tag as “new kid on the block” in the local press. The Read more

  • Rod Craig memorial event

    I was very pleased to have been part of a memorial event for Rod Craig. This was held at Shire Hall on Wednesday for colleagues and friends from the council and other partner organisations. It was informal and had a happy rather than sad feel to it. Everyone seemed content to be celebrating the life Read more

  • GCP – surprising Lib Dem vote

    You will have read the blog about the GCP. In order to return the public money to the public purse a vote at the full board was required. Firstly, we would need to vote down the transfer of the money to a shell company, that we knew nothing about, and then vote on a new Read more

  • GCP wound down – where did all the money go?

    With the change of government regions are no more. Also to go are the economic sub regions which sit below them. In our case we have the Greater Cambridge Partnership ( GCP). The GCP is an odd organisation with a complex structure. It has the full board, that member organisations sit on ( County council, Read more

  • Vicky Ford – MEP good catch up chat

    In my attempt to stay on top of things, at all levels, I meet local council leaders and MP’s on a regular basis. It is not always as easy to track down our MEP’s as they are responsible for a much larger geographic area. Monday was my lucky day. I had a one to one Read more