Politics

A senior councillor has claimed the county council’s budget is “fraudulent”, with major decisions being taken on “incorrect” figures.

Things seem to be moving in the right direction for Fenland – here Cambridgeshire Mayor James Palmer writes about his views of the area’s future...

The spending of the combined authority will come under even greater scrutiny with an external review amid claims the organisation is in “chaos”.

No homes were built for social rental in Fenland last year, figures show.

Moves to relocate the monitoring of Fenland's CCTV cameras to Peterborough have been put on hold for a month to allow for consultation.

Fenland's four leisure centres have formally been handed over to the new management company.

There are calls to reverse moves to impose three days mandatory leave on workers this Christmas after the county council was branded a “Grinch”.

Dozens of children in Fenland will be homeless this Christmas, according to estimates from housing charity Shelter.

Prince Charles has those behind plans to regenerate Wisbech to his housing development in Cornwall to see how its ideas could help garden town plans.

Councillors left “gobsmacked” and “disturbed” after combined authority’s chief financial officer was sacked, making him the fourth to go in 18 months.

Essential road schemes including a roundabout at the notorious Broadend Road junction of the A47 in Wisbech are to be fast tracked.

A Wisbech councillor claims plans to relocate Fenland’s CCTV operators in Peterborough in a cost-cutting merger will impact on camera use.

A 136 page document could be one of the most important to be published for Fenland as it outlines how the area will grow over the coming decades.

There are fears the combined authority’s spending is “spiralling out of control” as the cost of staff salaries rises significantly in the last year.

There are five fly-tipping incidents every day on average in Fenland, figures show costing the council over £88,000 a year.

On Friday local MP Steve Barclay took a major step up in the Government to become the country’s third Brexit Secretary.

"We are in this together" is the message Cambridgeshire County Council leader Steve Count is keen to give to staff at the local authority.

Local MP Steve Barclay has been named as the new Brexit Secretary this afternoon (Friday).

Universal Credit issues are driving an increase in the number of emergency parcels handed out at food banks in Cambridgeshire, a charity has claimed.

Ambitious plans to transform Wisbech into a ‘climate change resilient town’ took a step forward after being submitted for a share of Government cash.