🌹 In shocking news it is a Labour gain in St Ives South and Needingworth 🌹 I am proud to have done a positive and pragmatic campaign, speaking about my experience and issues councillors can actually affect. I focused on how I can be an active, present and proactive

Last leaflet round before Christmas 🌹 Thank you to our candidate Will and all volunteers who canvassed and delivered the first leaflet introducing Will for the district council elections. Leafletting break for 2 weeks now!

November went so quickly - and it's time for the monthly summary post!

Britain's debt, explained with custard creams.

CBP: The Local Government Reorganisation End Game

NEW: Half a million more children will benefit from Labour's free breakfast clubs from April next year.

I said No to Option D, but I say Yes to Option E for Huntingdonshire! Both Options E (Huntingdonshire as its own authority) and C (Huntingdonshire with Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire) were debated tonight at Huntingdonshire District Council - both options can have the

The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning. The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong. We absolutely need immigration controls. And where those controls decide to

Over the last few months, I have heard from many residents in Huntingdonshire about local government reform. One of the biggest concerns is around splitting historically linked communities in our district. For example, the preferred option of Peterborough and Fenland councils

𝐀𝟏𝟒𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭 𝐈𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭 𝐈𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 See the full letter here:

Actually a miracle it’s *only* “almost half” given we live in daily negative discourse about migrants in the UK. There is no better example of manufactured salience of an issue than migration - EU migrants during Brexit, then non-EU migrants after, then asylum seekers - where

Some canvassing and more autumn newsletter deliveries this evening in St Ives 🌹

This evening I attended the monthly parish council meeting in Needingworth. A short update on Local Government Reorganisation County debate, A141 and more!

On police funding in Cambs being the fourth lowest: Just over a year ago the was cross-party backing at @CambsCC for a motion calling for a: ‘fairer share of police funding’. It was proposed by @LabourAlexB

Thank you to @LGAcomms, @Gracie3110 and the team for the Young Councillors weekend training - with councillors from all different parties this time! My highlight this year was the session on chairing - although the workshop on not speaking like a politician was close...

Today some County Councillors went on a site visit at Denver Sluice Complex to learn more about the Fens 2100+ project - I learnt a lot, thank you Environment Agency for arranging this visit. You can read more about the project here: https://t.co/u689UzHwC7

Anthony Williams, 32, from Peterborough, will appear in court today charged with 10 counts of attempted murder following the major incident in Huntingdon. He's charged with another count of attempted murder re a separate incident in east London. More ⬇️ https://t.co/MAHJFcmxNQ

Coffee, Buses & Politics

🚨 DEVELOPING: The train stabbing incident at Huntingdon: - Took place on an LNER train from Doncaster to London Kings Cross - The attack is believed to have started a few minutes after the train left Peterborough at 19:30 - Witnesses reported a man armed with a large knife

We are currently responding to an incident on a train to Huntingdon where multiple people have been stabbed. Officers are in attendance alongside @CambsCops and two people have been arrested. Further updates will be shared here.