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Opposition leader Steve Count accused Cambridgeshire County Council of running a ‘Cambridge-centric coalition’.

Opposition leader Steve Count accused Cambridgeshire County Council of running a ‘Cambridge-centric coalition’.

Councillors in March are delighted with Cambs mayor Dr Nik Johnson that a major project in the town can go ahead as planned thanks to a £1.1 million lifeline.

Councillors in March are delighted with Cambs mayor Dr Nik Johnson that a major project in the town can go ahead as planned thanks to a £1.1 million lifeline.

Lib Dems accused of cutting County Council meetings for ease We didn’t have committee meetings for no reason Leader of the council, Lib Dem Lucy Nethsingha (left), leader of the opposition group, Conservative Steve Count (right) Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance ...

Submitting... An internal email purportedly sent by the Liberal Democrat group leader, councillor Lucy Nethsingha, to party colleagues, references that the then-proposed committee structure would reduce the number of committees but increase the number of councillors attending each one. The message then appears to suggest that the number of times those committees would meet could be reduced to quartely at least in part to help “have the right number of people at every meeting, otherwise the T...

Published: 12:15 AM May 28, 2021    £3.2 million of government funding has been granted to the Swaffham Prior Community Heat Scheme, which will see homes in the East Cambs village stop relying on oil and move to renewable heat. - Credit: LUCY FRAZERS OFFICE £3.2 million of government funding has been granted to a project which will see homes in an East Cambridgeshire village stop relying on oil and move to renewable heat. The money for the Swaffham Prior Community Heat Scheme will come from...

A significant outcome of the new rainbow alliance to run Cambridgeshire County Council will be the future of the ‘special relationship’ with Peterborough.

“Our joint administration will come to power after years of Government cuts,” it says.  Cllr Lucy Nethsingha (Lib Dem) preparing to take over as leader of Cambridgeshire County Council. - Credit: Harry Rutter “These have left our vital services chronically under-funded compared to the needs of the people we seek to serve.   “We will champion Cambridgeshire’s case to receive adequate funding to deliver our services and to utilise all options available to us to invest in our services...

“Liberal Democrat, Labour, and Independent Groups on Cambridgeshire County Council have hammered out an agreement for a joint administration to run the council,” said a statement from the opposition groups.   “The document includes a policy framework, protocols for working arrangements between the groups, and a new committee structure.”  In short there will be few crumbs from the masters’ new table for the outgoing Conservatives.   Cllr Lucy Nethsingha, leader of the Liberal Democr...