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Annual General Meeting This meeting is mostly ceremonial and takes place unusually during the day with ex-councillors and family invited. Normally, everyone knows how things will turn out but in this case with the council in no overall control, we did not. As LibDems, we were not keen on supporting either a Labour or a…

Full Council Following the disqualification of Andy Osborn (Roman Bank and Peckover), a by-election has been called with a polling day of Thursday 25 June. Meanwhile, another Reform councillor -James Sidlow (Ramsey and Bury), the group’s former leader – has resigned from the council. A by-election is expected a few weeks after the one in…

The planned Cadent Gas mains replacement works that were scheduled to begin on 1 May 2026 and continue until the end of June on Long Road and Hills Road, Cambridge. As you may now be aware, these works have been postponed following the Street Works Team’s decision to revoke Cadent’s previously approved permits. I just…

Performance, Assets and Strategy Overview and Scrutiny Committee City Centre Heat Network The scrutiny committee looked at proposals for setting up a city centre Heat Network. The Heat Network will use air and river source heat pumps to heat buildings in the city centre instead of the traditional gas boilers and has the potential to…

FULL COUNCIL The Full Council resolved to oppose any proposals to merge our local police force into a regional or national entity, and called on the Government to prioritise increased funding for community policing teams, national standards for vetting and technology upgrades to improve efficiency, and enhanced rural crime support and local police desks in…

Full Council The main item on the agenda was the budget for next year which has to be passed so that council tax bills can be issued for the next year. It comes in two parts, the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) and the General Fund. The HRA shows large increases in spending (£750,000) on treatment…

FULL COUNCIL Business plan and budget The full council met on Tuesday 10 February to vote on the budget and business plan for 2026/27 to 2028/29. The proposals for a ‘healthy, fair and sustainable Cambridgeshire’, approved by a majority of councillors, include record spending on roads, thousands of extra school places, and support for vulnerable…

There is now a consultation on the proposed development corporation for Greater Cambridge which will run from 4 February to 1 April 2026. The link to the consultation is here: https://consult.communities.gov.uk/cambridge-strategy-unit/greater-cambridge-development-corporation/ ________________________ Why have a development corporation? The consultation document outlines a number of problems that Cambridge currently is struggling with: The government considers that…

Cambridge City Liberal Democrats are working hard to prevent anti-social behaviour at City Park & Rides. Residents have been deeply upset by late night noisy cars, loud music and speeding cars around the Babraham Park & Ride. They are organised by groups from far away and advertised on social media without any consideration for those…

In this update: Licensing: Planning Cabinet Equality panel Performance, assets and Strategy Overview and Scrutiny __________________________________ Licensing Licensing policy renewal The city’s new licensing policy, required to be reviewed every 5 years, was approved for submission to Council. The changes consisted of the need to take the growth of the city into account when making…