‘FROZEN IN THE HEADLIGHTS’ - LIB DEM VERDICT ON COUNCIL’S FOLK FESTIVAL DEBACLE
Lib Dems say that City Council seemed 'frozen in the headlights' in the aftermath of last year’s losses from the Cambridge Folk Festival.
24 Mar 2025
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PROTESTS AS LABOUR SHUTS DOWN CRUCIAL PLANNING DEBATE
Vote of No Confidence in Mayor as Labour Councillors Shut Down Crucial Planning Debate, Liberal Democrats Condemn "Erosion of Local Democracy"
19 Mar 2025
COUNCIL HOUSING CONDITION UNDER LIB DEM FIRE
Cambridge Council Rejects Urgent Housing Repairs Plan After 300 Tenant Damp Reports Lost; Executive Councillor Blames Tenants
28 Feb 2025
LABOUR REBELLION AND BARRACKING MARK ADOPTION OF CITY COUNCIL BUDGET
The Lib Dem plan to pause and reconsider Labour’s cutbacks in street cleaning, public realm enforcement, public toilet closures and the price of a swim was rejected last night at Cambridge City Council.
25 Feb 2025
LABOUR MAYOR SLAMS COUNCIL HOMES REPAIRS RECORD
Labour councillors once again demonstrated their inability to take responsibility for the worsening state of council housing in Cambridge. But this time, the most damning criticism didn’t come from opposition parties—it came from their own Mayor.
5 Feb 2025
'CONSIDER THE CARBON' CALL BEFORE NEW LONG DISTANCE WASTE CONTRACT
Liberal Democrat councillors in Cambridge will this week call for the deferral of a new waste recycling contract which will see waste from Cambridge transported over 400 miles to a waste recycling facility in Northern Ireland.
13 Jan 2025
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QE Blog March 2025
Latest Updates from the QE Lib Dem team - 25th March 2025
25 Mar 2025
COUNCILLOR DEMANDS END TO GRAND ARCADE LIFT CHAOS
A Cambridge City Councillor has called for swift action to get lifts servicing the Grand Arcade car parks working properly.
12 Dec 2024
Tim Bick responds to Palestinian Flag Proposal
Cllr Tim Bick explained the Lib Dem group’s view on the proposal to fly the Palestinian flag at the Guildhall
29 Nov 2024
WELCOME FOR COUNCIL SUPPORT IN FIGHT TO RETAIN CITY CENTRE POST OFFICE
Cambridge Liberal Democrat councillors succeeded last night in winning cross party backing from Cambridge City Council in the fight to keep the city’s sole dedicated post office on St. Andrew’s Street.
29 Nov 2024
CAMBRIDGE POST OFFICE CLOSURE 'UNACCEPTABLE'
Responding to today's news that Cambridge’s city centre post office is one of the 115 branches that the Post Office proposes to close, Lib Dem City Centre councillor Tim Bick said:
13 Nov 2024
Queen Edith's Lib Dem Blog
QE Lib Dem Blog October 2024
Welcome from your Liberal Democrat councillors and community champions in Queen Edith’s Ward and division.
30 Oct 2024
Footpaths are becoming dangerous due to overgrowing vegetation, Cllr Olaf Hauk warns
Lib Dem City Councillors are shocked that busy footpaths in Cambridge are dangerously overgrown with vegetation, at a time when many residents want to be out and about and despite the Council's strong commitment to active travel.
29 Aug 2023
Response to Michael Gove’s planning and housing initiative on Cambridge
In response to Michael Gove’s planning and housing initiative on Cambridge, Cllr Tim Bick Leader of the Liberal Democrats on Cambridge City Council said:
25 Jul 2023
Cambridge 2040: Fantasy and hypocrisy from a failed Tory government
The Times on Sunday’s reported Michael Gove has a “tightly guarded” plan to “turn Cambridge into Britain’s Silicon Valley with as many as 250,000 new homes built over next two decades.”
10 Jul 2023
Making Connections Consultation Response
Cllr Tim Bick, leader of the Liberal Democrats on Cambridge City Council and Chair of the advisory Greater Cambridge Partnership Assembly, commented on the publication of the Making Connections consultation response:
26 May 2023
Liberal Democrats accuse Labour of ‘putting factional conflict before clear leadership’ for Cambridge residents
Cambridge Labour has been accused of putting factional conflict before clear leadership for residents after it replaced Anna Smith as leader.
15 May 2023
MARKET WARD LIB DEMS WELCOME CHANGE OF HEART ON LOCAL CONVENIENCE STORE
Plans to remove the neighbourhood convenience store from Fitzroy Street in Cambridge’s Grafton Area have been changed following a series of talk with...
15 Feb 2023