Blog Posts

  • Pothole repairs

    Ten road patching and pothole repair teams are now working across Cambridgeshire to fix winter damage to the county’s roads. The county council has identified an extra £90 million of funding for highway maintenance and infrastructure improvements in the county over the next five years and the teams will concentrate their efforts on fixing the Read more

  • Daniel Zeichner – labour candidate for Cambridge – Nazi salute

    A Labour candidate was under fire today for performing a Nazi salute while speaking at a students’ debate. Daniel Zeichner, 53, was appearing at the Cambridge University Union to discuss whether the Conservatives were ready to return to power. During his speech, when he accused the Tories of associating with ‘fascists’ such as the Polish Read more

  • Making things up – spinning – guess which party won’t be using this picture on their election leaflets

    Making things up – spinning – guess which party won’t be using this picture on their election leaflets

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  • A14 Summit and the curious case of the Cambridge MP

    I had the privilege to chair last night a very productive and constructive debate about how we finance the vital A14 improvements needed to help our economy and reduce the terrible number of accidents on this road. I don’t think I need to explain to anyone reading this blog why the A14 needs improvement and Read more

  • Lib Dem MP – no fan of the A14 upgrade

    I have just listened to an extraordinary interview by Lib Dem Julian Huppert MP on radio Cambridgeshire. Talk about lack of support for the upgrading of the A14. Is he the only person in Cambridgeshire who isn’t 100% committed to bringing forward the upgrade as soon as possible? Well, it seems that he has not Read more

  • A14 funding summit gets widespread support

    Yesterday I hosted an A14 funding summit. The summit gave widespread support to the principle of a local funding package to help fund improvements to the A14 which is strangling the economy in the eastern region. We brought together representatives from Councils and Local Enterprise Partnerships affected by the whole route to discuss the issue. Read more