As going out increasingly becomes an “unaffordable luxury”, Charlotte Cane MP has joined Liberal Democrat colleagues to call for an emergency 5% VAT cut for pubs, restaurants, and other hospitality businesses at the Budget later this month.
Liberal Democrats on East Cambridgeshire District Council have proposed a major refresh of the council’s approach to tackling long-term empty homes, demanding a renewed commitment to bring wasted housing back into use...
In a recent Westminster Hall debate on the Government’s cuts to Overseas Development Assistance, Charlotte Cane, MP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire, has voiced her outrage for successive Government’s record of neglect and funding cuts to international...
Charlotte Cane, MP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire, spoke in a Westminster Hall debate this week against the Government’s plans to cut funding for International Baccalaureate (IB) diplomas.
Ely and East Cambridgeshire’s MP Charlotte Cane has forced the Government to confirm that 9.6% of households in the constituency were in fuel poverty in 2023.
When I first visited Arthur Rank Hospice earlier this year, I was struck by the calm, dignified atmosphere. The staff were warm, compassionate, and dedicated — providing comfort to families during some of the hardest days of their lives.
Charlotte Cane, Liberal Democrat MP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire, has condemned the Government for turning its back on farmers, after reports that the Chancellor plans to press ahead with the damaging Family Farm Tax in next month’s Budget.
Cambridgeshire’s Liberal Democrat MPs, Charlotte Cane (Ely & East Cambridgeshire), Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire) and Ian Sollom (St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire), have hailed a breakthrough victory to bring military family homes up to the Decent..
Cambridgeshire's Liberal Democrat MPs — Pippa Heylings, Charlotte Cane and Ian Sollom — have voiced "huge concern" over a funding cut that could force the Arthur Rank Hospice to close nine of its 23 beds denying dying patients and their families the...
Charlotte Cane, Liberal Democrat MP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire, hosted a well-attended community meeting in Cottenham on Wednesday 24 September. The event gave local residents the chance to raise concerns directly with their MP and hear updates...
Residents in East Cambridgeshire could be set to lose any influence over many of the services they use and value if the district council chooses to cut its links with Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire in the forthcoming reorganisation of local government
Liberal Democrat MPs Charlotte Cane (Ely and East Cambridgeshire), Pippa Heylings (South Cambridgeshire) and Ian Sollom (St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire) are calling for an immediate freeze on rail fares, as new figures reveal commuters could face steep..
Liberal Democrats on East Cambridgeshire District Council have launched a petition against Conservative plans to build a crematorium on the site of the former Mepal Outdoor Centre.
Charlotte Cane, MP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire, held the first in a series of Community Meetings for constituents on Saturday, 1 March.
Commenting on the announcement by Babylon Arts of its closure with effect from September 2025, Cllr Lorna Dupré (Leader, Lib Dem & Independent Group, East Cambs District Council) said...
The Liberal Democrat and Independent Group on East Cambridgeshire District Council proposed a series of measures at the budget meeting tonight (25 February)...
Cllr Kathrin Holtzmann (Lib Dem, Ely East) successfully got East Cambs District Council to agree to write to the Environment Agency calling on it to introduce a by-law against the practice of emptying sewage from ’sea toilets' in 2024.
Local Liberal Democrats have selected county and district councillor Lorna Dupré as their candidate for Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough in the election this May.
The formation of a new Liberal Democrat & Independent Group on East Cambridgeshire District Council has set the political balance on the 28-strong council on a knife edge.
The recent increase in employer National Insurance contributions, announced in the Budget, could impact as many as 34,982 GP appointments across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, according to analysis by the Liberal Democrats.
Charlotte Cane, the newly-elected MP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire, has delivered her maiden speech in the House of Commons, with a strong focus on local issues that matter most to her constituents.
Charlotte Cane, the Liberal Democrat MP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire, has responded to the recent Budget announcement, emphasising that the promised increase in NHS funding must lead to real improvements in services for local residents.
Cllr Kathrin Holtzmann (Lib Dem, Ely East) has kicked off a campaign to end the emptying of ‘sea toilets’ into the River Great Ouse which flows through Ely.
Liberal Democrat MP Charlotte Cane has marked her hundredth day in office by placing the NHS, environmental protection, and tackling the cost of living at the top of her priority list for Ely and East Cambridgeshire.
Charlotte Cane, Liberal Democrat MP for Ely & East Cambridgeshire, has called for an immediate ban on executive bonuses at Anglian Water after it was announced (on 8th October) that the company would have to pay back £38.1m due to poor performance.
East Cambs council officers now predict an ‘overall increase in costs’ for the planned crematorium at Mepal, according to reports presented to the district council’s Finance & Assets Committee (26 September).
Responding to the King’s Speech, Liberal Democrat MP for Ely & East Cambridgeshire, Charlotte Cane said: “Laws to start tackling the crisis in our mental health services and stop filthy sewage entering our rivers are welcome.
The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband, has granted permission for the Sunnica Solar farm on the Cambridgeshire/Suffolk border.
Many thanks to voters in Ely & East Cambridgeshire for electing Charlotte Cane as MP for our area. Charlotte was elected with a majority of 495 votes over Conservative former minister Lucy Frazer, showing that every vote really does count.
Councillors on East Cambridgeshire District Council unanimously last night (23 May 2024) agreed a motion proposed by Liberal Democrat councillor Chika Akinwale (Ely North) to make playgrounds in East Cambridgeshire more inclusive
The Liberal Democrats have selected Charlotte Cane for Ely and East Cambridgeshire as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a General Election.
New figures released by the Environment Agency have shown that Anglian Water which covers Ely & East Cambridgeshire discharged sewage a staggering 31,623 times last year, a 97% rise compared to in 2022.
A budget amendment from the Liberal Democrats on East Cambridgeshire District Council was voted down by Conservative councillors yesterday (20 February).
The Liberal Democrats today announced that their candidate for the 2024 Police and Crime Commissioner election in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is to be Cllr Edna Murphy.
The most detailed survey in five years has predicted that Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Charlotte Cane is set to defeat the Conservative Party in Ely and East Cambs at the next election.
Ely & East Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats have expressed their shock and concern at plans by Barclays Bank to close its Ely branch on Thursday 11 April.
In a recent communication to its members, the Labour Party has announced it will not seriously contest the constituency of Ely & East Cambridgeshire at the next election.
As NHS waiting lists hit record high of 7.8 million, Ely & East Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats call on Conservative MPs Lucy Frazer and Stephen Barclay to back an amendment to the King’s Speech to address the crisis in the NHS.
Local Liberal Democrat councillors have welcomed the progress towards a safe crossing for pedestrians and cyclists at the notorious BP roundabout at Ely.
Local Liberal Democrats were out in Ely Market Square last week, and will be again this week, letting residents know about the plans for a 20MPH limit across the whole of Ely.
Charlotte Cane, Liberal Democrat MP candidate for Ely & East Cambridgeshire, has said the party’s victory in the Somerton and Frome by-election shows the party has the “wind in our sails”.
Ex Conservative Prime Minister Johnson suffered an unprecedented public humiliation, when the House of Commons voted by 354 votes to 7 that he had deliberately misled Parliament over ‘Partygate’.
Charlotte Cane, Lib Dem prospective parliamentary candidate for South East Cambridgeshire today called on Lucy Frazer MP and Steve Barclay MP to condemn Boris Johnson following the damning House of Commons Privileges Committee report.
Commenting on the decision by East Cambridgeshire District Council to respond to a 63% increase in demand for housing and financial advice in the district by withdrawing its mobile advice service to villages in order to fund extra staff
Commenting on the responses to the Making Connections consultation, Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Charlotte Cane said: “Decision-makers must show that they have heard what the public have said, and will reflect on it.
East Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats have called for Anglian Water to be overhauled following an overdue apology for sewage dumping.
Figures collated by The Rivers Trust show that Anglian Water discharged overflow into the Great Ouse 23 times in 2022 – almost twice a month – for a total of 136.5 hours.
Liberal Democrat MPs Charlotte Cane, Pippa Heylings and Ian Sollom have backed their party’s ambitious new rescue plan for the SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) system, unveiled at their spring conference in Harrogate.
Commenting on the Government’s growth plans for Cambridgeshire announced today, Liberal Democrat mayoral candidate Lorna Dupré says: “Chancellor Rachel Reeves has today announced plans to accelerate growth in and around Cambridge, including a revival
The recent outbreak of hare coursing in Cambridgeshire has been deeply upsetting and distressing for local people across a wide area.
Thank you for electing me as your Member of Parliament – it is an amazing honour to represent the constituency of Ely and East Cambridgeshire. I look forward to working with you and to representing our beautiful area at Westminster.
It’s time to mend communities split apart by the Conservative, say Liberal Democrat candidates ....
On Friday, Connor Docwra was selected as the Lib Dem Candidate for the vacant Soham South & Haddenham Division on Cambridgeshire County Council.
CAMBRIDGE CONGESTION CHARGE This is the speech by Lorna Dupré at Cambridgeshire County Council in response to a Conservative motion calling for a £1.5 million referendum (of Cambridgeshire residents aged 18+) about the GCP's proposed congestion charge.
East Cambs Lib Dems do not support the current proposals for a congestion charge. The proposals are not fair or equitable for East Cambs residents. The GCP needs to listen to the concerns of residents and not implement the current proposals.
Sutton’s Liberal Democrat councillors Lorna Dupré and Mark Inskip today presented a 2,323-signature petition calling for GP services to continue to be provided in the village.
This weekend Stagecoach announced its intention to cancel eighteen bus routes across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough with effect from the end of Octob...
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Liberal Democrats have condemned Stagecoach’s plan to axe 21 bus routes and called on government to intervene to prese...
Commenting on the Cambridge ‘city access’ consultation proposals published by the Greater Cambridge Partnership, East Cambridgeshire district council ...
We’re Chika Akinwale and Mary Wade, and we are standing to be the next City Councillors for Ely North and Ely East
Image: Cllr Gareth Wilson (Lib Dem, Haddenham) at the new CLT development at Ovins Rise Haddenham Proposals by Liberal Democrat councillors to increas...
Mark Inskip and Lorna Dupre with Witcham Parish Councillor Julia Bibby, and Vanessa Kelly from the County Council out yesterday looking at potential l...
Local Liberal Democrats were celebrating 20 years since the opening of Jubilee Gardens in Ely this weekend
Good news may be on the way for a safer crossing at the BP roundabout on the A10/A142 at Ely – judged the most dangerous in the district for pedestri...
Last October East Cambs District Council rejected Lib Dem calls to investigate civil parking enforcement to address the problems of illegal parking wh...
The County Council’s Environment & Green Investment Committee, chaired by councillor Lorna Dupré, will receive the county’s latest carbon footprint re...
The Mepal bridge on the A142 between Mepal and Chatteris will be closed for three weekends in February and March
The East Cambridgeshire Community Fund grant application window will be open between Monday 17 January and Monday 21 February 2022
The demolition wrecking ball was taken to Mepal Outdoor Centre last month by East Cambs District Council even though their crematorium planning applic...
The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to set out a clear plan to keep schools open in January
Lib Dem Education spokesperson Munira Wilson MP tells the Government it has a week to act before schools reopen
Soham North by-election candidate, Anne Pallett, who is representing the Liberal Democrats on the 23rd of September is campaigning for more for local ...
Following the resignation of Liberal Democrat Councillor, Victoria Charlesworth, a by-election has been called in Soham North for Thursday 23rd Septem...
There is no doubt that last year’s changes to the layout of the BP roundabout on the A10 at Ely have made the junction even more dangerous for pedestr...
Liberal Democrats in East Cambridgeshire have ensured the District Council will back a Local Electricity Bill currently making its way through Parliam...
A Liberal Democrat move to increase affordable housing in rural parishes in East Cambridgeshire is set to be backed by Conservative councillors tonigh...
Some of the East Cambridgeshire District Council Lib Dem group after being denied the chance to scutinise the Council's trading companies East Cambri...
Breaking 'Faceless bureaucrats' blamed by Ely Folk Festival for banning traditional Morris and molly procession through the city's market place Ely St...
newly elected Liberal Democrat councillors for Ely North Alison Whelan and Simon Harries at the MOD site in Ely
Cambridgeshire’s notorious Mayor, James Palmer, is to employ two extra spin doctors at taxpayers’ expense
Our Candidates We are delighted to announce our candidates for the elections to East Cambridgeshire District Council on Thursday 2 May
Edge of town sites are hurting the City Centre “An attractive city centre like ours could flourish if given the right help,” said city centre residen...
“East Cambs Council is shirking its responsibilities to local people,” says Kevin Wilkins of Market Street
PROPOSALS ARE BEING DRAWN UP by Sutton Parish Council for a 20MPH speed limit along Church Lane, the High Street asfar as The Brook, and roads off inc...
In breaking news this week, East Cambridgeshire district council has announced it is set to abandon its ill-fated draft local plan
Many people understandably assume rural Cambridgeshire is Conservative but elections in South Cambs last May saw years of Toryrule brought to an abrup...
One of several empty shops in central Ely which is suffering both from the general crisis on our high streets and from the effectsof council policies
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The staff shortage in our NHS is getting even worse thanks to policies being pushed by the Conservative government
Staff forced to take pay cut Cambridgeshire County Council has forced many of its staff to take three days of unpaid leave as it tries to stave off f...
Liberal Democrat South Cambridgeshire is ahead of other councils in ending the use of single use plastics South Cambs District Council has phased out ...
Making a mess Conservatives like to claim they are good with your money
£100,000 a year: paid for by you Mayor Palmer appoints fellow Soham Conservative to taxpayer-funded job The Soham North & Isleham by-election has be...
Last Autumn, it became clear that people were concerned about the parking in St Johns Road