Conservative Leader Hopeful Rory Stewart Debunks No Deal

Rory Stewart is one of the many Conservative MPs in the Tory Leadership race in a bid to become the party Leader and next Prime Minister.  He is beginning to make some waves though he has some catching up to do on the other hopefuls.  He says his colleagues advocating no-deal brexit and WTO terms […]

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MP of Leave voting constituency wants Labour to oppose brexit

Bridget Phillipson is the Labour MP for Houghton and Sunderland South, a constituency that voted Leave in the EU referendum. She campaigned to Remain and believes that leaving the EU will rip places like Sunderland apart, and is therefore asking Labour to use all its power to oppose brexit. 

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Annual Parish Report 2019

The 2018/19 municipal year is nearly at an end,  and time to take stock of what has happened in what was a very interesting and challenging year of the first Liberal Democrat administration at South Cambridgeshire District Council.  This annual report to the parish councils in the new Caldecote Ward outlines some of the good […]

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Waterbeach New Town gets go ahead for 6500 homes

The plans to build to build a new town north of Waterbeach in South Cambridgeshire took a step further yesterday when the Council’s Planning Committee gave consent for Urban & Civic’s outline plans to develop the former barracks site for up to 6,500 homes, together with road, cycle and public transport upgrades, community facilities, schools, parks […]

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Leader of new Brexit Party has melt down on TV

The Vote Leave leaders made promises to the electorate that there would be no downsides to Brexit, only upsides. This video, put together by Femi Oluwole co-founder of Our Future Our Choice, illustrates the duplicity of the Leave campaigners by comparing their pre-referendum statements to their post-referendum statements. It is not pretty but it is […]

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LibDems launch European Elections 2019 Manifesto

The Liberal Democrats message for European Elections 2019  is simple, clear, unequivocal, emphatic. In the age where we like to consume information and news quickly in easily digestible forms, the #BollocksToBrexit message does just that …..

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Not enough women and minorities stand in Council elections

Voters around England will be heading to polling stations next Thursday to vote in local elections. And chances are many will be faced with a ballot paper mainly containing the names of white men of a certain age. Does it matter, and why are women, younger people and those from black, Asian and minority ethnic […]

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District Council offers communities help to meet zero carbon

Plans to give  communities in South Cambridgeshire grants to spend on ambitious green projects as they shift towards a zero-carbon future have been announced by the District Council. The aim of the proposed Zero Carbon Communities grant scheme is to provide funds for local groups to spend on activities that reduce carbon emissions and reliance on […]

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South Cambs helps communities step toward Zero Carbon target

Plans to give South Cambridgeshire communities grants to spend on ambitious projects as they shift towards a zero-carbon future have been announced by the District Council. The aim of the proposed Zero Carbon Communities grant scheme is to provide funds for local groups to spend on activities that reduce carbon emissions and reliance on fossil […]

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Vince Cable’s New Year Message – Three Crucial Months

As we enter 2019, time is ticking down on Brexit, and with it the whole future of the country. The history books will look back on these coming three months as critical. It is almost unbelievable that Parliament is waiting a further week to return! After two long years of negotiation, the Prime Minister has brought […]

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