Richard Taylor

I recently noticed advertising for summer holiday activities for children at Cambridge City Council’s sports facilities: Girls are offered dance sessions, netball, hula hooping, “boxercise”, “bootcamp” and indoor cycling – most at £2.50 a session. Boys are just offered £1.30 off the price of a swim between 2-4pm on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays (applies to […]

Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Panel is responsible for scrutinising the actions and decisions of Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner. On the basis of its scrutiny the panel can then make public recommendations to the Police and Crime Commissioner. At the February 2014 meeting of Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Panel I sought to use the public […]

Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel Logo I have submitted the following question to the Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Panel meeting on the 17th of June 2015: Why is there no mention within the agenda and papers for the 17 June 2015 Police and Crime Panel meeting of the apparent resignations of panel members Peterborough City […]

I have submitted the following question to the Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Panel meeting on the 17th of June 2015: At the meeting of the Police and Crime Panel on the 15th of December 2014 the chairman Cllr McGuire told the candidate for the position of Chief Finance Officer and Deputy Chief Executive of the […]

I attended the AGM of the Friends of Midsummer Common in Cambridge on the 22nd of April 2015. The meeting was commendably held in public and many of those attending were, like me, not members of the group. Bat Detector The meeting heard that the group, which receives public money via Cambridge City Council, has […]

Richard Taylor: Patrick O’Flynn hasn’t been attending general election hustings in Cambridge so I’d like to ask him why he hasn’t been attending. Do you not think it’s valuable to see you up on stage not just at a great public meeting like this, which it would fantastic if other parties held, but next to […]

Cambridge magistrates have been removed from Cambridge’s community safety partnership – the body which co-ordinates the city’s police, probation services, councils, health bodies, universities and others in their efforts to prevent and reduce crime and generally make Cambridge a safer and more pleasant place to live. Labour councillor Ann Sinnott, representing Cambridge residents, voted for […]

Detective Chief Inspector Lorraine Parker of Cambridgeshire Police announced a new policy of not reviewing CCTV following cycle thefts at a meeting of Cambridge’s Community Safety Partnership on Tuesday the 10th of February 2015. DCI Parker also reported that the seasonal spike in cycle thefts in October had been at its highest ever level in […]

On the 28th of January 2015 the Greater Cambridge City Deal Board set their initial priorities for allocating money the UK nationally is investing in Greater Cambridge through the City Deal. The meeting started by ruling two projects completely out of receiving City Deal funding: Foxton level crossing elimination – on the grounds this is […]