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South Cambridgeshire issues Call for Sites
Local communities, land owners and developers are being asked to suggest sites for possible new housing development in South Cambridgeshire. This comes as the Planning Policy team starts work on the next stage for the new South Cambridgeshire Development Plan that will set the strategy for, and locations of, new development in the district […]
Madingley Exchange to get super fast broadband to the premises
BT Openreach yesterday confirmed that Madingley Exchange is in the next phase of its roll-out of super-fast fibre broadband services, as it unveiled a 156 strong list of more exchanges to be upgraded. The new locations announced include the 10 exchange areas that won the recent BT Race to Infinity competition, where members of the […]
South Cambridgeshire District Council hits homeowners where it hurts!
Today, South Cambridgeshire District Council announced what it calls plans to "reduce empty homes in South Cambridgeshire". The Press Release given out earlier today, states: Plans to tackle 600 long-term empty homes and encourage owners to bring them back into use in an area of high housing demand have been given a helping hand. To […]
Welfare Reform Bill set to shake up Britain’s benefits culture
Welfare reform bill aims to create the right incentives to get more people into work, protect the most vulnerable in society, and deliver fairness to benefit claimants and the taxpayer
District Councillors briefed on depth of Comprehensive Spending Review
District Councillors in South Cambridgeshire, on Thursday 4th February 2011, received briefing from the Council’s Finance Corporate Managers on the final settlement figures, following the government’s announcement on 31st January 2011. The settlement figures follows months of speculation on the depths of the expected cuts to public funds, and only gives interim figures for two […]
BT Announces the Winners of the Race to Infinity
The telecom giant BT Retail has announced six towns in the UK as winners in the recently concluded Race to Infinity campaign. . The three-month competition which started on 4th October 2010, is intended to bring superfast broadband to the rural areas of the UK that have shown the highest demand. . The competition winners […]
Benefits Shakeup – It pays to work
I was on the road yesterday (I seem to do too much driving for my own good), and listening to Jeremy Vine show on Radio2. The comments and calls on the issue of Benefits was interesting, but perhaps overshadowed by the violence of the student’s protest the day before. The announcements of the shakeup of […]
Do you want Superfast Broadband for Caldecote?
If your answer is YES, then please read on. Even if you don’t want it for yourself, please consider reading on anyway, as your contribution will help your community. At the moment, anyone using internet in Caldecote knows that the speed is slow, and service is “not brilliant”, and that is being polite! We are […]