Politics

Delegation from East Anglia met Chancellor Philip Hammond to press the case for significant investment in time for the autumn budget.

A petition has been launched to pressurise the government into better funding the county's schools.

Application approved despite local opposition

Cambridgeshire Mayor James Palmer believes rail services in our area are 'not up to scratch' for the 21st century.

Tory councillor Sarah Bligh quits party over 'bitter in-fighting' and lack of support.

A former Chatteris councillor has made a return to local government - but this time he is the man behind the scenes.

Earlier this week Fenland District Council’s press office was defending the firm it employs to cut grass across the area.

A Wisbech councillor is calling for urgent action over an eyesore she describes as a “slum”.

A legal battle is set after Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority agreed to challenge a take-over bid by the police and crime commissioner.

Plans that will shape the future growth of the eastern side of Wisbech have been approved.

Wisbech has a new mayor following the annual pomp and circumstance ceremony at the town's Council Chamber on Friday.

Energy-saving LED lamps are set to be installed across the county to save taxpayers thousands on electricity costs.

Wisbech Garden Town is one of 68 national projects being promoted by the Government for attracting international investment.

Representatives from Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk make united call for the Government to fully dual the A47 between Peterborough and Lowestoft.

Local MP Steve Barclay has robustly denied claims that hundreds of Fenland children could lose their free school meals after voting to lower the threshold at which families become eligible.

Former March mayor Kit Owen has been unanimously cleared of making racist comments by Fenland District Council’s conduct committee.

Cambridgeshire Mayor James Palmer is urging the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership (GCGP LEP) to work with him to create “a really powerful relationship between business and local democratic leadership”.

Wisbech Town Council has three new faces and is now 100 per cent Tory run following the Waterlees Village by-election.

The loss of two children’s centres in Fenland including one at Murrow is “definitely not about cutbacks” says Cambridgeshire County Council leader Steve Count.

Work on a £16 million scheme to improve traffic flow and safety at the Guyhirn roundabout on the A47 will begin within the next two or three and will take around two years to complete.