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Look East tonight at 1025 talking about Superfast broadband

Busy day today. I hosted a ministerial visit, looking at the site of our new station, chaired informal cabinet and then chaired full Cabinet It finished off with a number of press interviews including Heart radio, Archent newspaper group and BBC radio Cambridgeshire on the Chris Mann show. I finished of doing a recorded interview… Read more

04/02/2013
Visit by rail minister – New Cambridge Science Park station

Today, I met with Simon Burns MP, the minister responsible for rail to discuss the new Cambridge Science Park station. I was accompanied by officers and local MP Jim Paice or more correctly Sir James Paice. Andrew Lansley MP also attended to provide some weight from government. We had a visit to the site, all… Read more

04/02/2013
Cabinet today – Superfast broadband contract award

Today, at a special Cabinet meeting, I was able to announce the result of our procurement process for a contract to provide Superfast broadband across Cambridgeshire. This award is very important for the people of Cambridgeshire as it will result in at least90% of homes and businesses getting at least 24mps. We are also expecting… Read more

04/02/2013
Special Cabinet meeting today – award of Superfast broadband contract

Today sees the results of my second big initiative when I became Leader. It was clear to me that not having broadband fit for purpose just a few miles out of Cambridge is a complete nonsense. We took a decision at one of my early Cabinets to proceed as quickly as possible with getting broadband… Read more

04/02/2013
Cambridge Science Park Station – meeting minister

I’m looking forward to meeting Simon Burns, Minister of State for Transport, today to discuss our new rail station in Cambridgeshire. Joining me will be local MP Jim Paice and I hope Andrew Lansley MP if government business allows. I invited Simon to come and talk about our deal with the DfT to bring forward… Read more

04/02/2013
Voters trust local authorities so says IPSOS – MORI

Voters overwhelmingly say they trust local authorities to make decisions about the future of local services. Eight in 10 (79%) say they trust their local council to make the important decisions, compared to just one in 10 (11%) who trust the government to. http://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharchive/3123/Public-concerned-about-cuts-to-council-services-but-councils-arent-necessarily-to-blame.aspx#.UQv2KAW-ru8.twitter Read more

01/02/2013

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