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New Island Platform for Cambridge Station - Click for Full Article

Rob Fairhead of Network Rail showing a Cambridge Cycling Campaign open meeting a computer generated image of Cambridge station with its new island platform. .

On the first Tuesday of every month the Cambridge Cycling Campaign hold an open meeting, usually at the Friends Meeting House. I attended the July 2010 event where Rob Fairhead [...]

Cllr Tim Bick Presents City Council Position on Aggressive Punt Touting - Click for Full Article

Cambridge punter wearing rubber gloves and a lifejacket earlier this year.

At Cambridge City Council’s annual meeting on the 27th of May 2010 Tim Ward, the Liberal Democrat councillor for Arbury put the following question to the Executive Councillor for Community Development and Health, Cllr Bick. (Cllr Bick has also been given city wide responsibility [...]

No Progress on Cambridge City Council Campaign to Oppose University Cuts - Click for Full Article

At Cambridge City Council’s annual meeting on the 27th of May 2010 Lewis Herbert the leader of the Labour opposition group on Cambridge City Council put the following oral question to the Leader of Cambridge City Council Liberal Democrat Sian Reid:
What progress has the Council made in its campaign launched at the February Council [...]

Locals Priced Out of Cherry Hinton Village Centre - Click for Full Article

At Cambridge City Council’s annual meeting on the 27th of May 2010 Cherry Hinton councillor Robert Dryden (Labour) put the following oral question to the Leader of Cambridge City Council Sian Reid (Liberal Democrat):
Has there been any progress with the investigation of restructuring the administration at the Cherry Hinton Village Centre on how it operates [...]

Executive Councillor for Bins Reports Amount of Waste City Sends to Landfill has Fallen - Click for Full Article

Cllr Pit reports the amount of waste the city sends to landfill has decreased and that compostable material is being extracted from Black Bin waste.

At Cambridge City Council’s annual meeting on the 27th of May 2010 Cllr Ian Nimmo-Smith put the following oral question to the Executive Councillor for Environmental and Waste Services, Cllr Pitt:
What [...]

Cllr Cantrill Asked for Update on Strawberry and Raspberry Fairs - Click for Full Article

A rather empty Midsummer Common - Calm before the storm?

At Cambridge City Council’s annual meeting on the 27th of May 2010 Cllr Sarah Brown put the following oral question to the Executive Councillor for Arts and Recreation Cllr Cantrill:
Could the Executive Councillor provide the council with an update on the event that may take place [...]

Questions to the Cambridge City Council Executive - May 2010 - Click for Full Article

At full meetings of Cambridge City Council there is a section where councillors are able to ask oral questions of the Executive councillors. Questions are submitted in advance and are randomly ordered by officers prior to the meeting. As many questions as it is possible to get through in the half hour allocated are taken. [...]

Providing Open Space in the City as Cambridge Grows - Click for Full Article

Cambridge Liberal Democrats prefer spending money enhancing existing spaces like Jesus Green, rather than requiring developers to provide new green space as the city grows.

At Cambridge City Council’s full council meeting on the 22nd of April 2010 the Labour opposition challenged the ruling Liberal Democrats over a message they’ve been putting out during the local [...]

Cambridge Hustings Events in Advance of the May 2010 Elections - Click for Full Article

Hustings at Clare College. Left to right: Martin Booth, Cambridge Socialists; Daniel Zeichner, Labour; Julian Huppert, Liberal Democrats; Tony Juniper, Green Party; Nick Hillman, Conservatives.

In Cambridge we are lucky that there are a large number of hustings events at which it is possible to hear from our parliamentary candidates in person. The below [...]

Opposing Plans to Build Homes on Cambridge Airport - Heart Radio Interview - Click for Full Article

The approach of the general election is reinvigorating debate on the question of if houses ought be built on Cambridge airport.

I’ve just been interviewed on Star Heart Radio about my views on the proposals to try and push Marshall off the Cambridge airport site and build houses on it. This was in the news today [...]