Blog Posts

  • Little Wilbraham July 2010 parish report

    Library Access Points:  Following a great deal of hard work the County has managed to save all Library Access Points.  There will be changes revolving around stock etc and each LAP will have to sign a new agreement with the Council.  These will be agreed individually. It will mean that some LAPS will have to… Read more

  • Library Access Points – Reprieve

    Following a great deal of hard work the County has managed to save all Library Access Points.  There will be changes revolving around stock etc and each LAP will have to sign a new agreement with the Council.  These will be agreed individually. It will mean that some LAPS will have to become more efficient… Read more

  • Integrated Planning Funding – Update

    As you know there has been a significant tightening of  the belt this year as a result of reduced funding. It is set to get worse. The governments emergency budget, whilst not yet fully understood, is likely to reduce funding by up to £9m a year on top of the savings already made. A lot… Read more

  • Procurement – Member Led Review

    Back in October I was asked to chair a member led review on how the council buys its goods and services. Today was the day when I presented the report to cabinet. Our report highlighted a number of significant weaknesses in the procurement process and made a number of recommendations on some fairly important issues.… Read more

  • Fulbourn Day Care Center

    Healthcare Homes Day Care There has been some confusion around the provision of day care in Fulbourn, Toft and St Neots. Please see the separate briefing sheet for the facts. In order to get to the facts I arranged for Rod Craig, Executive Director (Community and Adult Services) CCC to attend a meeting with the… Read more

  • Holding the executive to account

    Part of the role of a County Councillor is to scrutinise the activities of the executive. This is carried out through 5 scrutiny committees which are comprised of members from all parties. In fact they perform much the same way that commons select committees do in Parliament. They are public meetings which you may attend.… Read more