Blog Posts

  • Meeting Vince Cable today – twice

    Meeting Vince Cable today – twice

    It was interesting to attend a breakfast meeting at TWI on the Granta Park. TWI is a great outfit helping to push the boundaries of joining materials. It used to be called The Welding Institute but does much more than just welding. Vince cable was the guest speaker and made some encouraging noises about Cambridge,… Read more

  • Hmmmmm – who the devil is this?

    Hmmmmm – who the devil is this?

    Great to see our staff manning the phones in our call center for children in need. Most were dressed up and everyone was having a good time. Lots of cake and a raffle. Great technology routing calls from all over the country. As children who needed help or a celebrity was up to something on… Read more

  • Red Nose Day

    Looking forward to visiting our contact center tonight to see how the team are doing taking pledges. I hope to have a go myself. But before that I am part of a question time style panel at Huntingdon Conservative Association along with the local MP, MEP and district council leader. Should be interesting. Today I… Read more

  • Street works

    Street works is all about digging up pavements and roads and how it is managed and repaired. This issue is clearly dear to all our hearts as so often a perfect road finish is turned into a patchwork quilt. Along with Cllr Peter Box I met with most of the utility companies yesterday. Also present… Read more

  • Street works – seeking to make them better

    Today I am representing the LGA at a summit to seek a way forward, with utility companies, to end unacceptable restoration of our roads and footpaths after utility companies have dug holes. We will also explore how street works can be better coordinated to reduce the impact on local communities and business in particular. This… Read more

  • Fulbourn

    A good parish council meeting tonight. Before it started their was a presentation, on behalf of developers, for 50 houses to be built on green belt land with what looked like pretty unimpressive highways solutions. Over 50 people packed the room. Many spoke out against the proposal and I did not hear anyone in support… Read more