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Representation of the People Bill – Commons approves votes at 16 principle

MPs pass the Representation of the People Bill at Second Reading – which means they approve of the principles and key policies in the legislation Image: Trials of democracy. If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu Votes at 16 “…was a manifesto commitment by the Labour Party. Approximately 1.7 million young people…

County Council in potholes and pavements update – and ideas for leisure amenities

Cambridgeshire County Council’s Highways Committee meets on 03 March 2026 with a big list of funding for repairs to vote through – but will some of their works make things worse in hot summers? Also, some leisure ideas from Huntingdonshire – Lots! You can read the meeting papers here There’s £58 million of works budgeted…

Cambridgeshire Horizons vs Cambridge Growth Company

Can you remember the Quango that was operational between 2004-2011? I can! (Sort of.) It was very early in my civil service days and us young early-mid 20-somethings would watch lots of people going into meetings with lots of papers to discuss things that …had lots of long words and big concepts in them but…