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"
Latest Updates from the QE Lib Dem team - 25th March 2025
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.
Liberal Democrat councillors in Cambridge have been astonished to hear of a major U-turn from the controlling Labour administration when they announced acceptance of the Lib Dem proposals they had rejected only three weeks earlier.
Liberal Democrat councillors have rounded on the Labour bosses of Cambridge City Council for their cursory dismissal of proposals to improve the management of anti-social behaviour.
Experienced Leader Vows to Make Communities Safer, Build Trust, and Prioritise Effective Policing
Cambridge City’s Council’s Labour administration is being accused of ‘airbrushing’ the results of its recent public consultation on its budget proposals.
Welcome from your Liberal Democrat councillors and community champions in Queen Edith’s Ward and division. We intend to send this newsletter out approximately monthly to help keep you informed of what we’ve been up to and events within Queen Edith’s.
Cambridge Liberal Democrats have criticised Labour-run Cambridge City Council for letting down existing council tenants. They have tabled an amendment to the council's Housing budget, which is published today, to address these failings.
