Contact: Patrick Adams 01954 713408 Email: democratic.services@scambs.gov.uk
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Planned Road Closures for Week Commencing 1 July relating to A14 Improvements PDF 477 KB To contact your A14 sections stakeholder manager, please use the email addresses below or the A14 helpline.
Section 1 & 2:Alconbury to the East Coast Main Line John Birchall - John.Birchall@theA14.com
Section 3: East Coast Main Line to Swavesey John Birchall - John.Birchall@theA14.com
Section 4 & 5: Swavesey to Milton John Akester - John.Akester@thea14.com
A14 helpline 0800 270 0114 - This will be answered by a team member during site hours 8am - 5pm and messages can be left at other times. Further updates as the scheme progresses can be found on the website. |
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A14 Monthly Parish Newsletter PDF 1 MB The attached newsletter provides you with updates from June to July, in relation to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme. |
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UPCOMING DISTRICT COUNCILLOR TRAINING Unless otherwise specified, please confirm your availability to attend any of the following briefing or training events by contacting Patrick Adams on 01954 713408. This will ensure your training records are kept up to date and suitable venue and catering booking can be made. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. |
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Rural Exception Sites Tour - Thu 4 July at 10:30am One of the Council’s key priorities is to provide affordable housing for local people. District Councillors are invited to attend this coach tour of Rural Exception Sites, which will provide a better understanding of how these sites are delivered and how they can benefit our villages.
Date: Thursday 4 July Time: 10:30am ending with buffet lunch at 1:30pm Venue: Starts in the Council Chamber
More details are available in the attached flyer.
If you wish to attend, please contact either Uzma.Ali@scambs.gov.uk or Gina.Manderson@scambs.gov.uk by 27 June 2019. |
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Items of Interest from the Local Government Association (LGA)
Thursday 27 June, Mail: Council tax collection More than £1 billion in council tax – equating to nearly £1 in every £30 – was not collected by councils in England last year.
Thursday 27 June, Telegraph: Recycling rejection rates Up to half of “recyclable” material is not being recycled in some areas of England, according to government figures analysed by the Telegraph.
Thursday 27 June, Mail: Talking homes in Rutland to ease dementia Britain’s first dementia-friendly village with talking houses and adjustable street signs is being developed in Rutland, East Midlands.
Friday 28 June, Telegraph: UK will miss recycling target Recycling rates have stalled at 45 per cent since 2017, with a recent impact assessment by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs accepting the UK will miss its target of 65 per cent of waste recycled by 2035.
Saturday 29 June, Mail Online: Council tax collection rates New figures released this week reveal the council tax collection rates for all 326 local authorities in England, showing the total collection rate in the financial year was 97.04 per cent.
Saturday 29 June, Telegraph: 40 per cent of black bin rubbish could be recycled, survey finds More than 40 per cent of waste being thrown in general household bins could be recycled amid confusion about what can be reused, according to a survey.
Sunday 30 June, Sunday Telegraph: Parliament to fly county flags as new Prime Minister is announced County flags are to be flown outside parliament for the first time in a bid to celebrate the “rich and proud heritage of our nation”, the Government has announced.
Tuesday 2 July, BBC Online: Councils ‘in the dark’ over future funding amid cash warnings The LGA has warned that councils are ‘completely in the dark’ over how much money they will get from central government next year, and has called for ‘urgent guarantees” they will get enough to provide key services like child protection and social care.
Tuesday 2 July, Huffington Post: Women make up 34 per cent of England’s councillors Research by the Fawcett Society has shown that just 34 per cent of England’s councillors are female, despite this year’s poll election some 8,410 new local representatives.
Tuesday 2 July, Sky News Online: Fifth of farmland could be used to plant trees to hit carbon target A fifth of land currently used for farming could be transformed into new woodland and forests as part of the Government’s legal obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.
Wednesday 3 July, Guardian: James Jamieson, Chairman of LGA, says that councils should be allowed to charge higher taxes to cope with funding crisis Local authorities should be given the freedom to raise council taxes to help cope with the unprecedented funding crisis facing social care services, the new Chairman of the LGA said. |
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DECISIONS MADE BY OFFICERS AND REPORTED FOR INFORMATION Please click on the link below to find details of decisions made by officers under delegated authority: https://www.scambs.gov.uk/the-council/access-to-information/access-to-information-summary/ |
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