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Lib Dem Fact Check – A Swimming Pool for North Cambridge

A number of concerned residents have contacted us about inaccurate claims made by one of the Liberal Democrats’ West Chesterton candidates in the upcoming local elections. We feel it’s important to set the record straight and put residents’ minds at rest. Cllr Dalzell stated in his letter to residents that…

Call to action for Cambridge employers during Living Wage Week

Cllr Sarah Baigent (Castle) has been speaking about the importance of a wage that keeps pace with rising living costs, for Living Wage Week (15 – 21 Nov). What is the living wage? The ‘Living Wage’ is based on an independently calculated ‘real cost of living’. It is paid by…

Let’s Talk About Mental Health

Two Cambridge Labour city councillors have today launched a two-week mental health campaign to raise awareness of mental health issues and share experiences and tips. Week one (9 – 15 August) will focus on young people’s mental health. The second week (16 – 23 August) will highlight adult mental health…

Cambridge unites to tackle food poverty

March 23rd will mark one year since the UK went into lockdown. It will also mark one year since Cambridge’s Food Poverty Alliance sprang into action to support residents across the city who found themselves on drastically reduced incomes and struggling to feed their families. Cllr Alex Collis, City Councillor…

Community Hub plans approved for Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton Residents Association’s (CHRA) plans to establish a community hub at the Library have been boosted with the granting of planning approval. The new hub will include a community cafe, garden, new meeting rooms and toilet – and is set to become the new base for the Cherry Hinton…

What Will Help Food Hub welcomes hundreds of visitors

The Cherry Hinton What Will Help Food Hub has welcomed hundreds of visitors since opening in Spring last year and already, between December 2020 and the end of February 2021, has seen 668 visits and distributed over 1000 bags of food and essentials to local residents struggling to make ends…

Coleridge Food Hub Helps local residents

Food hub opens with support from local groups To combat food poverty caused by the coronavirus situation, a food hub opened at St Thomas’ Hall in June with support from St Martin’s Church, Cambridge City Council, and Cambridge Sustainable Food. Run by local volunteers, including local councillor Rosy Moore, the…

December 2020 Round Up: Why Cambridge needs a Labour-run City Council

Cambridge’s Labour controlled City Council has achieved so much in 2020, working with key partners in the third sector and beyond, to support our communities during one of the toughest times any of us has experienced. We’ve made over 200 offers of accommodation made to rough sleepers during COVID and…

Cambridge Labour’s anger over planned redundancies at Cambridge Colleges

Cambridge Labour councillors and activists, along with representatives from trade unions, have heavily criticised plans by Trinity College, revealed last week in leaked documents, to make 50% of their cleaning and housekeeping staff redundant. Trinity, the richest of the University’s 31 colleges, is alleged to be consulting on redundancies in…

Cambridge says no to lifting the eviction ban

On Friday, housing campaigners from Unite the Union, Cambridge Labour and Acorn Renters’ Union held a demonstration outside Cambridgeshire County Court to demand at least a 12 month extension to the Eviction Ban. The ban on evictions was introduced by the government as part of a raft of measures to…