Cambridge City Council's ruling Labour group voted to increase their new Leader's allowances to £43,000 annually, ignoring the independent advice they commissioned - in a year when they cut council staff and services to the public.
A local Councillor has raised serious concerns over the prolonged delay—about eight years—in opening a new active recreational area and an adjacent play area on Hobson’s Park.
Ruling Labour councillors on Cambridge City Council have aborted an attempt to serve themselves with ‘an extra helping’ of councillors’ allowances, following challenge from Opposition Liberal Democrats.
Further to the announcement today that the Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Works will be allowed to move from its current site in the North East of the city, Cllr Katie Porrer commented:
Lib Dems say that City Council seemed 'frozen in the headlights' in the aftermath of last year’s losses from the Cambridge Folk Festival.
Vote of No Confidence in Mayor as Labour Councillors Shut Down Crucial Planning Debate, Liberal Democrats Condemn "Erosion of Local Democracy"
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Cambridge Council Rejects Urgent Housing Repairs Plan After 300 Tenant Damp Reports Lost; Executive Councillor Blames Tenants
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.
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.
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.
A Cambridge City Councillor has called for swift action to get lifts servicing the Grand Arcade car parks working properly.
Ward councillors have welcomed the appeal decision by the planning inspectorate which confirms that "The Don" statue, sited on the corner of Hills Road and Norwich Street has been refused planning permission and must therefore be removed.
Welcome from your Liberal Democrat councillors and campaigners in Queen Edith’s ward and division. We are sending this newsletter out approximately monthly to help keep you informed of what we’ve been up to and events within Queen Edith’s.
Welcome from your Liberal Democrat councillors and champions in Queen Edith’s Ward Cambridge City Council. We are sending this newsletter out approximately monthly to help keep you informed of what we’ve been up to and events within Queen Edith's.
“Labour has ‘picked' at our call for electoral reform for its own self interest and ignored the main issue”, says Lib Dem Cllr Daniel Lee, who proposed that Cambridge City Council calls for the government to explore options for a fairer voting system.
Cambridge Liberal Democrats are calling for an urgent tightening of the regulation of water companies to stop the release of sewage into rivers.
Following on from England’s semi-final victory in the Euros last night, a call has been made for the council to arrange a public screen for Sunday’s final against Spain.
