Male asylum seekers likely to have substantial claim for damages against discriminatory Norfolk hotel
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Male asylum seekers likely to have substantial claim for damages against discriminatory Norfolk hotel
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Select committee report says England’s broken council tax system risks undermining local democracy.
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The ability of the future Greater Cambridge unitary authority to deliver vital services such as education and social care is already being curtailed as South Cambs DC begins entering into contracts guaranteeing the right to work 4 days a week for 5 days' pay. www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-n...
Cambridgeshire County Council has written off a £60 million loan made to the council's wholly owned development company.
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Any responses from the candidates?
A concerned resident takes out a half page ad in today's @cambridgeindy.bsky.social to complain about the City Council's plans to ship our recycling to Northern Ireland for processing.
Traders say their Cambridge market petition has been ‘ignored’ www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/traders...
NEW BLOGPOST: "Shouldn’t the disposal of all assets be frozen until such a time any future unitary council knows what it needs?” cambridgetownowl.com/2025/03/01/c... #Cambridge case study, but could apply to the rest of #Localgov in England.
Hundreds of people, Ukrainian and friends of Ukraine, gathered together in Cambridge this evening to mark the 3rd anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The demonstration was organised by Cambridge University Ukrainian Society, and we were honoured to support it.
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Extremely pleased to see Northstowe Town Council taking action at this week's meeting to call for the completion of the cycle lanes in Northstowe Phase 1.
Well done to @camcycle.bsky.social for its work on this issue.
Many Americans are horrified by President Trump’s pandering to Vladimir Putin and stand united with the people of Ukraine in their fight to protect democracy in Europe.
Environmental groups in UK ‘still very white – especially at the top’
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The once-common European Eel is critically endangered.
Over the past 40 years, the number of juvenile eels in European rivers has fallen by over 90%, largely due to more than million weirs and dams that block their migratory paths.
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It's not every day that you receive a direct attack from the Prime minister I did today Here is the local #Norfolk coverage of it https://archive.ph/BuPja and below is my quote People did not elect Starmer and Reeves to reduce protections for nature. The attack on me says more about them than me.
It's not every day that you receive a direct attack from the Prime minister
I did today
Here is the local #Norfolk coverage of it archive.ph/BuPja and below is my quote
People did not elect Starmer and Reeves to reduce protections for nature. The attack on me says more about them than me.
Anonymous participant 21 January at 15:34 Common Sense v Cambridgeshire County Council. June 10th in the High Court. Mill Road Bridge bus gate is not a done deal. Let’s hope the council realise that imposing fines before the hearing could lead to them having to refund a lot of people. For those who say it’s a waste of money, look to the council, if they were playing by the book there would be NO case. For those who claim that this was a democratic decision, why was the impact on neighbours ignored by all literature? Why were the people misled? This was a heavily weighted and biased consultation and not a referendum. To suggest otherwise is lying in order to further manipulate the situation. This won’t go away because too many people have been ridden over roughshod. Too many businesses affected, too much inconvenience, delay and extra pollution. Thank you so much again for your support. Emma and FOMRB2
According to Friends of Mill Road Bridge 2, the statutory review of Cambridgeshire County Council’s Mill Road bus gate traffic regulation order will take place in the High Court in London on 10 June 2025.
Pleased to see that a decision has been made on the basis of the evidence; hopefully this will help to show there are much better alternatives than the route selected by the Greater Cambridge Partnership for connecting Cambourne…
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Tree preservation order issued today for trees at Coton Orchard! 👏👏👏
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The relevant part of the meeting starts 5 minutes in.
Despite the unlawful censorship, it was nevertheless a pleasure to participate in today’s South Cambs cabinet meeting.
We look forward to engaging further with the council to ensure the right to freedom of political expression is protected in South Cambridgeshire. www.youtube.com/live/32y2KMk...
Campaigners are pursuing a legal challenge to the GCP's £200m #Cambourne to #Cambridge busway - arguing there is a better, cheaper, less damaging alternative
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The council's planning committee will meet at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday to consider the TPO request.
The meeting papers can be found at the following link...
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We are extremely pleased that in response to our letter dated 7 December 2024, South Cambridgeshire District Council has agreed to properly consider a request for a Tree Protection Order for 12 Bramley apple trees at Coton Orchard on 15 January.
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It's usually good to read the policy before commenting.
Officers are paid for working Mon-Fri, 5 days a week.
Four-day working week at South Cambridgeshire District Council: Motion calls for unequivocal prohibition on staff selling their services back to the council
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Community group Cambridge Carbon Neutral is campaigning for a 'dangerous' pedestrian and cycle bridge to be widened.
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A graph showing sources of electrical power generation in the United Kingdom. Nuclear 15% Ccgt 11% Wind 49% Pumped hydro 2% Hydro 3% Other 1% IC France 5% IC2 France 52 IC Irl -1% IC Ew 1% IC Nem 3% IC Nsl 4% IC Viking 3%
UK power generation today: 67% carbon neutral
Interesting judgment yesterday in the Court of Appeal...
Wrexham Council said that it did not have discretion not to adopt a post-inspection local plan under s. 67 PCPA 2004.
The appellant (and court) disagreed.
Richard Buxton Solicitors and Andrew Parkinson for the appellant.
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Abolish district councils and introduce elected mayors across England says government white paper
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“Large scale planning is back: as #Cambridge considers and plans its future shape, it is critical that it drops its austerity mindset and builds a strong vision of a renewed city founded on social justice.” See my piece on p15 of the Cambridge Architecture Gazette: issuu.com/ribacaa/docs...
The Financial Times is reporting that the English Devolution White Paper will be published on Monday, and will propose scrapping all district councils - which would include Cambridge City Council, South Cambs District Council and East Cambs District Council.