Politics

The following planning applications have been submitted to councils this week...

More than 350 people have now accessed a free Fenland support service for those who are struggling to work due to their mental or physical health.

Weekly food waste collections are due to be rolled out next year.

A packed weekend of fun and entertainment is planned for Chatteris Midsummer Festival.

A developer has been told it can build 39 new homes on the edge of March - despite neighbours and councillors sharing flooding concerns.

A developer has been told it cannot build 352 new homes on the edge of Wisbech after councillors said the plans were “disastrous and incomplete”.

Council leaders have announced they have identified three preferred options for creating new unitary councils.

Cambridgeshire County Council failed to follow proper processes when handling contracts worth millions of pounds.

A police inspector has said issuing parking tickets all day every day is “not an efficient use of police time”.

A cluster of villages has been revealed as the East of England’s waste crime hotspot in a new study.

Weeks of entertainment can be enjoyed by everyone as bands will be playing in a park over the summer.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) mayor Paul Bristow will have an annual salary of £93,000.

A county councillor labelled some children in care as “evil” during a committee meeting.

Cambridgeshire County Council has reaffirmed its “commitment to children in care” after a councillor described some of them as “evil”.

The county’s new mayor chaired his first Combined Authority Board, where his nominations for deputy mayor and committee chairs were approved.

A council leader has warned “drastic action” is needed to save Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority’s popular Tiger bus pass scheme.

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority will step in to save a vital bus service from being withdrawn – but others are still at risk.

Almost 100 people went along to learn more about a large solar farm which is planned for this area.

A bridge is going to be closed later this week for vital repairs.

Work is now under way on the construction of new public toilets, marking another step in the town centre regeneration.