Blog Posts

  • Multi-million pound access road to hospital opened

    Good news. A fine piece of investment to our infrastructure. A new £25 million road which will link major new developments and the internationally recognised Addenbrooke’s Hospital directly to Trumpington / M11, opened last month. The road provides a vital link to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC) which is home to Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie Read more

  • Cambridgeshire Libraries

    Cambridgeshire libraries are among the first in the country to work with other authorities to protect services and make savings. Plans are progressing to join with four other councils in the East to save up to £500,000 by sharing services. This is part of the Library Service Review. In-depth investigations into a range of options Read more

  • Consultation on local sustainable community strategy:

    Everyone is being encouraged to express their views on the draft three year Sustainable Community Strategy that is now available on line at;  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NR6JLY8 In addition, there is a wiki for the draft vision, where people can comment upon and make changes to the draft http://sustainable-community-strategy.wikispaces.com/ The survey and the wiki are publicised at http://www.scambs.gov.uk/lsp and will Read more

  • Council Tax Freeze – Band D savings of up to £70

    Council tax bills will be frozen next year – as a result of a deal struck in the Spending Review. With the Treasury agreeing to set aside an extra £650 million all councils will be able to freeze bills next year – meaning local taxpayers living in an average Band D home in England could Read more

  • A14 – Make it bigger PLEASE

    Many local residents, the business community and I have been dismayed at the recent announcement of the cancellation of the proposed A14 Ellington to Fen Ditton Scheme. We need urgent action to explore an alternative scheme to solve the acute problems. The CHUMMS study made it clear that a multi modal solution is needed for Read more

  • Excellent rating for Cambridgeshire adult services

    Great to see some good news. Adult services is a large part of the County Councils budget and is under huge pressure to stay within the reduced budget. But ……. we are all getting older and there are more of us. A care watchdog looking at adult social services in Cambridgeshire assessed two out of Read more