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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 Tories will be able to out vote us”.  The Local Democracy Reporting Service understands the email ...

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 FRAZER'S 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 £30 million government fund to support investment in heat networks. The funding follows a meeti...

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 and our people.”  The agreement also covers dispute resolution and a commitment to ‘act in goo...

“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 Democrat group, said: “I am absolutely delighted that we have been able to come to such a comprehensive ...