Blog Posts

  • 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

  • Lib Dems Clueless when it comes to budgets

    Interesting how often the noisy Lib Dems get things wrong. Back in february last year, one of the noiser Lib Dems, Nichola Harrison, demonstrated a complete lack of insight into the financial situation the council faced. She accused the sensible budget steps taken by the Conservatives as being daylight robbery. Without the increase in council… Read more

  • Teversham facilities to be sign posted

    Promoting Teversham: Did you know there is a petrol station in Teversham? How many people drive past the village on airport way and back into Cambridge to get fuel because they don’t know of this local facility? A couple of sensible signs pointing out the facilities might be helpful. The rules governing signage are complex… Read more

  • Teversham Nov 2010 parish report

    Financial situation facing the County: On October 20th the Coalition Government announced details of its Comprehensive Spending Review. We expect that by mid November information will become available setting out in more detail how much funding Cambridgeshire will have for providing services in the next three years. We have already been informed that if we… Read more