Blog Posts

  • Cabinet in Wisbech

    Today I took our Cabinet to Wisbech. It went very well. The big item was our budget. It has taken a lot of hard work to put together a balanced budget against a backdrop of reducing funding and a huge increase in demand. I introduced the paper and then asked each Cabinet member to speak Read more

  • Fulbourn – foul water flooding

    Yesterday I was alerted to a resident who is suffering from drains backing up and flooding her garden. This is very distressing and she was not getting very far in sorting it out. I contacted my officers to see what could be done. Whilst it is not a County Council issue I have managed to Read more

  • iPads – make words up

    Between word auto correction and fingers typing too fast it seems some of my blog entries may not be as accurate as they should be. Apologies to those affected. Read more

  • Wisbech – big day tomorrow

    Looking forward to tomorrow in Wisbech. It will be an early start as the Wisbech 20/20 vision event starts at 0830. This is the culmination of a lot of work by the community, councils and business. Contributions from Archant Newspapers. Some good stuff to come out of the day. We will then be holding our Read more

  • A day with the media

    Today I spent a pleasant hour with Andie Harper on his mid morning show. We talked about most things including our budget. I like the format of this show as it allows sufficient time to explore the important issues of the day. The style is questioning but not one reliant on generating sound bites. Later Read more

  • Councillor Steve Count – congratulations

    Steve Count has been shortlisted for the award for outstanding contribution to financial performance at the LGiU and CCLA Cllr Achievement Awards 2013. It was my pleasure to nominate Steve for this award and I am delighted that he has been recognised. Steve works very hard on behalf of the people of Cambridgeshire at the Read more