CONSERVATIVES BLOCK DEBATE ON LIB DEM AND INDEPENDENT SPENDING PROPOSALS
The Liberal Democrat and Independent Group on East Cambridgeshire District Council proposed a series of measures at the budget meeting tonight (25 February)...
25 Feb 2025
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LABOUR REBELLION AND BARRACKING MARK ADOPTION OF CITY COUNCIL BUDGET
The Lib Dem plan to pause and reconsider Labour’s cutbacks in street cleaning, public realm enforcement, public toilet closures and the price of a swim was rejected last night at Cambridge City Council.
25 Feb 2025
Local Liberal Democrats are urging East Cambs District Council to press the Environment Agency to take firm action over the emptying of sewage from ‘sea toilets’ into the Great Ouse.
Cllr Kathrin Holtzmann (Lib Dem, Ely East) successfully got East Cambs District Council to agree to write to the Environment Agency calling on it to introduce a by-law against the practice of emptying sewage from ’sea toilets' in 2024.
17 Feb 2025
LABOUR MAYOR SLAMS COUNCIL HOMES REPAIRS RECORD
Labour councillors once again demonstrated their inability to take responsibility for the worsening state of council housing in Cambridge. But this time, the most damning criticism didn’t come from opposition parties—it came from their own Mayor.
5 Feb 2025
GOVERNMENT GROWTH PLANS : INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE ESSENTIAL
Commenting on the Government’s growth plans for Cambridgeshire announced today, Liberal Democrat mayoral candidate Lorna Dupré says: “Chancellor Rachel Reeves has today announced plans to accelerate growth in and around Cambridge, including a revival
29 Jan 2025
Liberal Democrats announce candidate for May's CPCA Mayoral Election
Local Liberal Democrats have selected county and district councillor Lorna Dupré as their candidate for Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough in the election this May.
29 Jan 2025
Tackling the devastating impact of hare coursing in Ely and East Cambridgeshire
The recent outbreak of hare coursing in Cambridgeshire has been deeply upsetting and distressing for local people across a wide area.
29 Jan 2025
CPCA
Liberal Democrats announce candidate for May's CPCA Mayoral Election.
Local Liberal Democrats have selected county and district councillor Lorna Dupré as their candidate for Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough in the election this May.
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25 Jan 2025
Ian Sollom MP poses key questions for East West Rail at the end of the consultation
As another round of public consultation on East West Rail closes, Ian Sollom MP has called on EWR to answer some important questions.
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24 Jan 2025
'CONSIDER THE CARBON' CALL BEFORE NEW LONG DISTANCE WASTE CONTRACT
Liberal Democrat councillors in Cambridge will this week call for the deferral of a new waste recycling contract which will see waste from Cambridge transported over 400 miles to a waste recycling facility in Northern Ireland.
13 Jan 2025
Education
Crisis in SEND education
On Thursday I lead the debate in Parliament on the crisis in SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) education
13 Dec 2024
COUNCILLOR DEMANDS END TO GRAND ARCADE LIFT CHAOS
A Cambridge City Councillor has called for swift action to get lifts servicing the Grand Arcade car parks working properly.
12 Dec 2024
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