Blog Posts

  • Jill Tuck to stand down as County Council Leader

    Jill Tuck to stand down as County Council Leader

    Jill Tuck, the County Council Leader has announced that she is to stand down as Leader for personal reasons. Jill has been very effective in steering the council through some very tough financial times. She has been a strong leader who has always been fair, focused on the most vulnerable in our county  and has… Read more

  • LIb Dem MP Julian Huppert out of step with Cambridge City Council

    We all know that there are cuts being made. We all know that cuts mean job losses and that weighs heavily on all our shoulders – except Julian Huppert the Lib Dem MP for Cambridge who  seems to think it is all “Good News”. Sorry, but losing jobs is never good news for those affected… Read more

  • Cambridge Lib Dem MP argues against A14 improvements????

    Cambridge MP Julian Huppert argues the A14 widening scheme from Ellington to Fen Ditton would have created more problems than it solved. He, like most Lib Dems, just don’t live in the real world. Denying that the A14 should be widened is like saying the earth is flat or that the moon is made of… Read more

  • Budgets and Decisions

    Setting the budget this time around has been extremely difficult. Why is that? Well for a number of years councillors were in the wonderful position of having more money to spend each year and were able to work with local people to work out how this could be spent. It might be a new cycle… Read more

  • Budget Briefing for Parishes – How It Might Directly Affect Your Parish

    Home to School Transport Post 16 students, with no income, SEN or disability will lose subsidy. Students would pay approx. £900 as apposed to £570 (-£388k) -26.7% Post 16 students on low income will pay £338.25 per year as apposed to free. Family ticket available – 1st child half price, siblings free Stop subsidised travel… Read more

  • County Council Budget – overview

    Integrated Planning Process – budget setting. There will be no increase in the County Council’s element of Council Tax in the next financial year, and probably no increase for a further four years. The County Council aims to save £50.4 million in 2011/12 and £160.6 million over 5 years. The Council faces increasing pressures of… Read more