On Thursday the 17th of February I went to the Guildhall in Cambridge to observe a full meeting of Cambridge City Council. On arrival I found the main doors to the building closed and locked. This isn’t usually the case when there is a full council meeting. There was no indication anything was [...]
Tag Archives: Openness
Mass Ejection from Public Gallery at Cambridge City Council Meeting - Click for Full Article
Friday, February 18, 2011
Cambridge City Council Complaints Investigator Reports on Filming Protocol - Click for Full Article
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Image from Video from Cambridge City Council North Area Committee September 2010
On Tuesday the 23rd of November 2010 I was sent a copy of a report into Cambridge City Council’s Protocol on Filming Committee meetings which has been produced by the council’s Independent Complaints Investigator Corinne Hibbert. The report was the outcome of an [...]
Cambridge City Council Bans Filming Meetings - Click for Full Article
Monday, November 8, 2010
Cambridge City Council has banned all videoing, photography, and recording of its meetings just a few weeks after it allowed the practice for the first time. The first deliberations of the council ever to have been recorded on film were at a planning committee meeting on the 22nd of September 2010, by the 21st [...]
Cambridgeshire County Council - October 2010 Full Council - Click for Full Article
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Lunch menu from the Cambridgeshire County Council meeting on the 19th of October 2010. (I did not have permission to photograph the meeting itsself)
On the 19th of October 2010 my local County Councillor, Rupert Moss-Eccardt, invited me to observe a full meeting of Cambridgeshire County Council from the floor of the chamber and to join [...]
Holy Trinity Church War Memorial Trees - Click for Full Article
Thursday, September 23, 2010
On the 22nd of September 2010 I observed, and filmed, Cambridge City Council’s planning committee as they discussed the proposed felling of a healthy western red cedar tree and two holly trees in Holy Trinity Churchyard in the City Centre. This was the first City Council deliberation ever to have been filmed, the council [...]
Seeking Permission to Record Cambridge City Council Meetings - Click for Full Article
Saturday, September 18, 2010
This image of the Cambridge City’s June 2010 Full Council was
Publication Standards for Local Government Spending Data - Click for Full Article
Monday, September 13, 2010
Anyone wanting find out what an item of spending published by Bedford Council refers to is invited to contact the council to find out as they don’t proactively publish descriptions.
On Friday the 10th of September 2010 Data.gov.uk’s Local Data Panel published their draft guidance for Local Authorities on how to comply with the Prime [...]
Cambridge MP Julian Huppert’s Voting Record So Far - Click for Full Article
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Image: Houses of Parliament, London, Monet c.1904
This week I have been looking at how Cambridge’s MP Julian Huppert has been voting since the city’s residents sent him to Parliament earlier this year.
Interesting Votes
I have written previously about the vote on the 8th of June 2010 where Julian Huppert abstained from voting on [...]
Visiting Cambridge City Council to Look Behind the Accounts - Click for Full Article
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
File containing reports from Cambridge City Council’s accounting system relating to items I had expressed an interest prior to my visit to inspect background material supporting the published accounts.
On Thursday the 22nd of July 2010 I visited Cambridge City Council’s accounts office to make use of the provision in the Audit Commission Act 1998 [...]
New Trees for Jesus Green and Midsummer Common - Seminar and Workshop - Click for Full Article
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Plane Tree Avenue, Jesus Green, Cambridge.
On Thursday the 1st of July 2010 I attended a seminar and workshop on new tree planting for Jesus Green and Midsummer Common. The fact the meeting had been scheduled was only revealed in public following a question I asked at the West Central Area committee on the 24th [...]