At a meeting of Cambridge City Council on the 21st of October 2010 the Liberal Democrat ruling group’s plan to privatise council house maintenance was debated.
I filmed the debate and have made it available on YouTube as well as embedded within this article; the debate is presented as a “Playlist” with one video per [...]
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Liberal Democrats to Privatise Cambridge Council House Maintenance - Click for Full Article
Friday, November 5, 2010
Cambridgeshire Police Authority Meeting September 2010 - Click for Full Article
Thursday, October 21, 2010
I attended the meeting of the Cambridgeshire Police Authority held on the 30th of September 2010. It was held at police headquarters in Huntington; I had to show my passport before I was allowed in.
After a briefly welcoming the new Chief Constable, Simon Parr, to his first police authority meeting the first item taken [...]
Uncertainty Over City Council Funding - Click for Full Article
Sunday, September 26, 2010
On the 24th of September 2010 I observed, and filmed, a meeting of the Cambridge City Council Executive.
Key Points
Some councillors are very uncomfortable with having their meetings filmed.
There is massive uncertainty about how much money the City Council will have in the future.
Cambridge City Council wants to raise a hyperlocal tax to [...]
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On Friday the 10th of September 2010 Data.gov.uk’s Local Data Panel published their draft guidance for Local Authorities on how to comply with the Prime [...]
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 [...]
Swimming Pool Management Fees Revealed - Click for Full Article
Monday, August 23, 2010
The five volume contract between Sports and Leisure Management Limited and Cambridge City Council.
Sports and Leisure Management Limited (SLM) currently has a contract with Cambridge City Council under which it runs:
Parkside Pools
The Abbey Pools, including the floodlit pitches
The King’s Hedges Learner Pool
The Jesus Green Pool
The city’s six paddling pools (in various parks and recreation [...]
City Council Returns Tens of Thousands of Pounds to Belvedere Developer - Click for Full Article
Monday, August 23, 2010
Belvedere Development, Hills Road, Cambridge.
During the open period for Cambridge City Council’s accounts which ran from the 7th of July to the 3rd of August this year I visited the council to look at some of the details behind the published information. I found that £49,894.26 of “S.106” money had been returned to the [...]
Councillors Assign High Priority to Spending £2.5K on Burnside Toad Crossings - Click for Full Article
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Burnside, Cambridge.
Councillors at Cambridge City Council’s East Area Committee on the 19th of August 2010 told officers to go ahead with, and give a high priority to, installing two thousand five hundred pounds worth of toad crossings at Burnside. These crossings are to take the form of dropped curbs. Councillors appeared to make the [...]
Ex. Cambridge City Council Leader Invited to Economic Crime Symposium - Click for Full Article
Friday, August 20, 2010
Sometimes comedy can be found in the most unusual of places. Earlier this evening I was reading Cambridge City Council’s mayoral engagements webpage and my eye was caught by an entry for the deputy mayor, Liberal Democrat Ian Nimmo-Smith who was leader of the City Council up to May this year. The schedule [...]
LibDem Leader Cllr Sian Reid on Icelandic Investments - Click for Full Article
Friday, July 23, 2010
Cambridge City Council leader, Liberal Democrat, Sian Reid went on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire on Wednesday morning to talk about money which under her party’s leadership the city council had invested in Icelandic banks which have now gone bust. Cambridge City Council had invested £5 million with Landsbanki and £4 million with Heritable Bank Limited.
During [...]