Politics

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.

Polling cards dropping through letter boxes across March for a referendum that is set to cost around £15,000 have caused massive confusion for voters unsure what they are voting for when they go to the polls on September 7.

Work could start by the end of the year on installing traffic lights at an accident blackspot along the March by-pass says county councillor for March.

The public is being urged to say no to Cambridgeshire’s police and crime commissioner also taking control of the county’s Fire Authority.

Consultation is underway on the future of children’s centres across Cambridgeshire with proposals that will see provision change in Fenland including the loss of two centres.

Wisbech Park bandstand has been restored to its former Edwardian glory following a £62,000 refurbishment which included a new thief proof roof.

Around 42 miles (65.9km) of drought damaged fen roads are to be repaired thanks to £3.5million of government funding.

Councillors at Cambridgeshire County Council and East Cambridgeshire District Council have been accused of hypocrisy after awarding themselves an inflation busting pay rise.

Drivers should enjoy a smoother ride along large sections of the A47 later this year when Highways England East undertake resurfacing and safety improvement schemes.

Fenland has been awarded nearly £180,000 of government cash to help tackle migration issues including creating better community cohesion and migrant homelessness.

Fenland councillors have voted to postpone giving themselves a pay rise until November 2019 with deputy leader Will Sutton arguing ‘it’s absolutely the right thing to do’.

The immediate future of Wisbech’s Community House has been secured following a grant to Fenland Council from the Clarion Housing Group.

Heidi Allen, MP for South Cambridgeshire, has today announced she will be putting her name forward for the Conservative nomination for the election of the Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough in May 2017.