Sunny spring weekends are a great time to take it easy and reflect on the year so far, with time to sit outside a favourite cafe or spend an evening in a great pub garden.
It’s been a busy year for me as a councillor, with lots of ward issues to resolve for residents, the local and mayoral elections, and of course many many conversations about the future of Cambridge City under emerging government plans for local government reorganisation.
Discussion about the future development of Greater Cambridge is going to get more intense in the coming year. It’s a challenging time, with lots of different bodies taking an interest in the city and what happens next and we expect to be talking to all the other groups involved, such as the Cambridge Growth Company.
For me the two things that have shone through are the commitment of everyone involved to do the best for Cambridge and those who live, work or study here, and understanding that we need to work together to come up with solutions, because no one group or person has all the right ideas.
It’s something that matters to every one of us, and I look forward to sharing my thoughts, explaining what’s happening, and pushing for Cambridge Labour’s vision of what local government should look like to deliver a city that is fair for all.