National Issue
Jacob Rees-Mogg admits he got it wrong on post-Brexit delays at Dover
Is this the start of the Brexiteers admitting Brexit has failed and has broken Britain? The irony of this is that these Brexiteers are still not accepting that this is a result of their mess. That they lied to the public to get the brexit vote. This particular “no queues at Dover, the queues will […]
Virtual Meetings for Councils
The Covid19 pandemic has resulted in lockdown of the country and as a result disruption to the way in which Councils operate and are able to deliver services. The Government has today laid down the regulation for enabling councillors to meet virtually without being physically present in the room. The Coronavirus Act was passed by […]
UKIP Councillor and MEP Candidate Advocates Discrimination Against Women And Gay People
Hardly a day goes by without some politician being hauled up by the press for saying something they shouldn’t have said. This item about the UKIP Lewes Councillor Donna Edmunds came to my attention as it is trending on facebook, albeit with a slightly distorted version. So I figured I better investigate to get the […]
Campaign to reinstate Bedford to Cambridge railway link
Once upon a time there was an East-West railway linking Cambridge to Oxford. Nowadays, travellers wishing to make that journey have to travel via London, adding cost and time delay to the journey. The reinstatement of the direct link would be of immense benefit to the residents of Cambridge. There have been moves afoot to […]
Emmaus campaign to protect homeless shelters from closure
Emmaus, the homeless charity that works, is launching a petition today to keep night shelters across the UK open. Many night shelters are at risk of closure due to the loss of housing benefit income. This follows a legal ruling in Wales that denied housing benefit to an individual staying in a night shelter, […]
South Cambridgeshire District Council celebrates St Georges day
Councillors and staff marked St George’s Day by raising the national flag at its Cambourne headquarters on Tuesday 23 April 2013. A short ceremony took place outside South Cambridgeshire District Council’s business park offices to mark the occasion where the Council’s Chairman and Vice Chairman asked people to take a moment to reflect on the […]
Government plans to withdraw housing benefit from under-25s
Housing charities and campaign groups have been outraged by an idea floated by Downing Street to strip housing benefits from under-25s and make them move in with “mum and dad” as a way to “make work pay” and save the UK from growing welfare expenditure. The proposal – which was floated by No 10 earlier […]
New Roadworks Alerts service launched
A new service to give local communities advance warning of 1.7 million local road works was launched on Thurday 16 February 2012. Roadworks Alerts is free to users and provides details of local road works direct to mobile phones or as automated feeds to websites. It is a new service from the ELGIN roadworks.org website […]
South Cambridgeshire broken up in Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries review
Under new rules laid down by Parliament, there is a Parliamentary constituency boundaries review being undertaken by the Boundary Commission for England (BCE). The results of the review must be reported to Parliament by 2013, but the deadline for responding to the consultation is Monday 5th December 2011. The BCE has undertaken a study of […]
Are You Leaking Heat – Get Home Insulation with Grant Funding
Following on from the very cold winter of 2010/11, the government is keen to assist everyone to keep warm this winter by offering insulation grants. It is common knowledge that a lot of heat is lost through walls and the loft of houses, 25% through badly insulated lofts, and 35% through un-insulated walls. This is […]