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Cambridge Development Corporation to run pilot for financing model for land, housing and infrastructure development
Chancellor John Healey made the announcement in his Budget speech in Parliament today – providing £95million in 2027-28, and another £10m the following year The additional documents attached to the speech gave more detail: “The government will continue to work with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority to agree a [Business Rates Retention Zone] to support…
Building social/cultural infrastructure in South Cambridge with existing facilities
The RSA published a report in December 2025 that inevitably fell off the radar because a number of people were looking forward to seeing what in-depth analysis of F-Book and IG data showed about social interactions across class boundaries. Amongst other things. You can: Read the RSA reports here Browse through the earlier report by…
‘Tough choices facing councillors as costs for the Civic Quarter project rise.’
Phil Rodgers spotted the calls that city councillors have to make themselves – or pass onto their unitary council successors. At the same time, everything could change (again) with The Chancellor’s Budget Speech in less than 36 hours time. The problem? “Since October 2025, building and borrowing costs have risen sharply” “After £13.7m of proposed…
