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It’s still not clear how this will co-ordinate with the Cambridge Growth Company’s plans – but the plan period has been extended to 2045 The appendices for a start cover: …which means over 700 pages to browse through before-hand. If I recall correctly the previous local plan was just over 500 pages. “Does it coverContinue reading “Emerging Cambridge Local Plan up for debate on 04 Nov 2025 at The Guildhall”

I led a walking tour through one of the most historic town neighbourhoods in Cambridge with a surprisingly large group of walkers who braved the miserable weather forecast The Cambridge Living Streets Group – the local branch of the national campaigning charity has organised a series of local walking tours that double-up as a ‘stateContinue reading “A walk through The Kite with Cambridge Living Streets”

Founded by Joe Reeve and Shiv Malik, and headlined by former Labour Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt and Conservative adviser Tim Leunig, their aim is to build a new settlement of/for 1 million people somewhere ‘East of Cambridge’ See https://www.forestcity.uk/ for more See also their online brochure here Shiv Malik announced it on Birdsite. Not everyoneContinue reading “Consortium proposes new forest city east of Cambridge”

One of the most prominent and largest of the language schools in Cambridge founded by Frank Erskine Bell, is going into administration following a loss of over £500,000 in 2024 “It is with deep regret that we announce Bell Educational Services Ltd has made the difficult decision to wind down its operations and will ceaseContinue reading “Bell Language School goes into administration”

In this written statement to Parliament, Matthew Pennycook MP stated his intention for what the new development corporation will be like. It won’t be led by the Combined Authority Mayor. See also the Cambridge Growth Company’s statement and brochure published today, and the Minister’s video piece below. While the statements says he’s going out toContinue reading “Minister for Housing proposes a centrally-led development corporation for Greater Cambridge.”

If this succeeds, it could be as significant as the work of Eglantyne Jebb’s uncle Sir Richard Jebb MP who piloted the Cambridge University and Corporation Act 1894 through its Commons stages following the Daisy Hopkins Spinning House scandal Don’t worry – I didn’t ask the present Vice Chancellor to apologise for the injustices doneContinue reading “University of Cambridge makes a big push for civic engagement”

The 122-year-old Workers’ Educational Association strongly criticised the lack of content on adult education in the recently-published further education and skills policy document “What is a White Paper again?” For those of you not familiar with the essentials of policy-making in the UK, a White Paper is a formal statement of government policy in aContinue reading “Post-16 Skills White Paper slammed by lifelong learning institution”

Ministers should have bitten the proverbial and called it the OxCamArc – because that’s what it is. And everyone involved is going to try and come up with an acronym or a term that is shorter than “Oxford to Cambridge Growth Corridor” You can browse through the prospectus here. I’ve written lots about the OxCamArcContinue reading “Look who’s back -> Oxford-Cambridge Investment Prospectus”

Will BBC News and Current Affairs have to provide them with more coverage vs Team Nigel? As the newly-elected leader of the Green Party of England and Wales posted, the party just smashed through the 130,000 members ceiling – with the 1,000 figure for Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Green Party now already out of date.Continue reading “The Green Party’s latest membership surge – autumn 2025”

The Energy Secretary Ed Miliband published his report here. But what is the time lag between publication and results on the ground? Is this enough? A sizeable chunk of the report is focused on skills – even though it feels like politics has been banging on about it for years. The problem is that theContinue reading “Ed Miliband publishes Clean Energy Jobs Plan”