The Prime Minister and Chancellor Merkel share a determination to secure a better future for their countries by building stronger, more competitive, more open and more flexible economies. Both agree that Europe needs to change if it is to succeed in the modern world. We’ve already shown what is possible. Since David Cameron became Prime Read more

This Friday is the AGM for Cambridge Conservatives. All of us paid up members get to select the officers for the coming year. The next couple of years will be important for all of us. In May we have elections for the European Parliament and at the same time Cambridge City elections are held for Read more

Today, Cambridgeshire County Council sets it’s budget for the coming year and looks forward to the medium term. Just a few years ago this was the time that extra government money could be allocated to pet projects, new schemes and extra activities that local councillors would decide were good for the communities. There are two Read more

For a long time it it has been planned to move Papworth hospital functions to the Addenbrooks site. This makes a lot of sense. It co-locates the clinical activity with the research and creates critical mass. It also stops unnecessary trips up and down the A14 by patients and consultants. Many reviews have concluded that Read more

Let me say to start with that I am firmly for keeping Scotland in the United Kingdom. It is a union that has endured and works successfully for all members. Together we are stronger than as individual units. But let me look at the upside if Scotland did break away. Firstly, the dead weight of Read more

Conservatives must help people fulfil their potential. People are not all equal, never have been and never will be. But they can be encouraged to achieve more. Even the person who can only speak one word can be encouraged to speak two. We believe in people. We must encourage our young to strive, to achieve Read more