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17 Most Recent News Stories

Lib Dems demand answers to guided bus farce New!

Wed 10th Mar 2010

Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats are calling on the Tories to give total clarity to the catalogue of defects facing the controversial guided bus project.

Jonathan Chatfield

Cash-strapped county council spends millions on consultants New!

Wed 10th Mar 2010

County council chiefs spent a whopping £8.8 million to buy in expertise from outside last year.

Belinda Brooks-Gordon

Lansley attacked for failing to attend social care talks

Thu 18th Feb 2010

Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats have attacked Shadow Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley for refusing to attend cross party talks on social care.

Fiona Whelan

Lib Dem's fury as Tories score cheap points on "most vulnerable"

Tue 16th Feb 2010

Leading Liberal Democrat Geoff Heathcock has attacked the Tories over their tombstone poster campaign accusing them of using the country's most vulnerable citizens to score cheap political points.

County Councillor Geoff Heathcock

Lib Dems pledge £13m to transform county's road network

Mon 15th Feb 2010

A major £13m investment to transform the county's neglected roads, pavements and paths has been promised by Cambridge Liberal Democrats in their alternative budget.

Kilian Bourke

Roads and pavements fall apart after years of Tory neglect

Thu 11th Feb 2010

New figures revealed by Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats show that the county's road and pavements are disintegrating after years of Tory neglect.

Susan van de Ven

Tories grab transport fund for years to pay for guided bus legal costs

Thu 11th Feb 2010

Tories are to grab £5 million of taxpayers' money earmarked for county transport projects to pay legal costs in the guided bus fiasco.

Kilian Bourke

Tories cut staff handling schools crisis

Wed 10th Feb 2010

Cambridgeshire Tories have failed to predict the number of children needing primary school places; yet they are planning to cut jobs in the department that is handling the crisis.

Lucy Nethsingha

Vulnerable "easy targets" for Tory cuts

Wed 10th Feb 2010

Worried Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats fear the elderly and vulnerable across the county have become easy targets for the Tories trying to balance their books.

Fiona Whelan

Savings could provide £20m for priority services

Wed 3rd Feb 2010

Cambridgeshire Lib Dems have taken the lead to show how aggressive savings could give the county £20 million more for priority services in the next two years.

David Jenkins

Projects cancelled to bail out guided bus

Mon 1st Feb 2010

Ely safety projects have been indefinitely postponed as Cambridgeshire Tories struggle to pay for the guided bus.

Cllr Nigel Bell

Guided busway U-turn - Tories refuse to renew promise

Thu 28th Jan 2010

A leading Tory has refused publicly to renew the Conservative's promise not to hive off taxpayers' cash to pay for the guided bus.

Kilian Bourke

Tories break promise and stash taxpayers' money for guided bus

Tue 26th Jan 2010

Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats have accused the Conservative-run county council of breaking its promise not to spend a penny of taxpayers' money on the guided busway.

Cllr David Jenkins

Countryside projects axed after government claws back cash

Wed 20th Jan 2010

Liberal Democrats have reacted with disappointment after three countryside improvement projects fell victim to county council cuts.

Kilian Bourke

Bid to solve cycle parking problem stopped in its tracks

Thu 14th Jan 2010

A bid solve the shortage of bike racks at Cambridge railway station has been stopped in its tracks.

Cllr Nichola Harrison

Lib Dems spread solution to county gritting fiasco

Fri 8th Jan 2010

Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats have put together a six point plan to fix the county's broken gritting system.

Fiona Whelan

Lib Dems hope bus probe will be ticket for change

Fri 8th Jan 2010

Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats have welcomed the news that local bus services across the country could be investigated by the Competition Commission.

Kilian Bourke

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