Richard Taylor

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  • Policing South Cambridge – July 2012

    Cherry Hinton Village Centre – Location of the Police Priority Setting Meeting On the evening of the 16th of July 2012 I attended Cambridge’s South Area committee where councillors held the police to account and set new local police priorities for the area. About fifty people were in the public seating; many were council officers, […]

  • City Council Seeking People to Appoint as Conservators of the Cam

    River Cam Near Jesus Green in Cambridge Via the odd route of Liberal Democrat Cllr Ward, my local councillor in Arbury, who is also Cambridge City Council’s Executive Councillor for Planning and Sustainable Transport, making a posting on the Cam.misc newsgroup the city council are inviting applications from people who would like to be considered […]

  • Policing Histon, Milton, Impington, Cottenham, Oakington and Waterbeach – July 2012

    Police Priority Setting for Histon, Impington, Cottenham, Milton, Oakington and Waterbeach On the evening of the 10th of July 2012 I observed the police priority setting meeting for the area which includes Histon, Impington, Cottenham, Milton, Oakington and Waterbeach. Key Points People are asking the police to tackle things which aren’t generally or primarily a […]

  • Cambridge City Council to Re-Tender £2m/yr Computer and Phone Contract

    Cambridge City Council ICT Facilities Management Contract Re-Tender I observed Cambridge City Council’s Strategy and Resources Scrutiny Committee on the 9th of July 2012. Councillors considered a report titled ICT Facilities Management Contract Re-Tender. There is little detail in the report, but it appears the council are planning to spend around twice as much as […]

  • Strategy and Resources Scrutiny – Cambridge City Council – July 2012

    Strategy and Resources Scrutiny Committee on Monday, 9th July 2012 at 17.00 Cambridge City Council is to hold a Strategy and Resources Scrutiny Committee on Monday, 9th July 2012 at 17.00. The meeting is to cover a very broad range of subjects. I intend to seek to use the public speaking slot to make the […]

  • Remodelling Rear of One Searle Street

    One Searle Street Plans Yesterday I saw a Cambridge City Council notice on Searle Street stating an application had been made to the council to demolish part of the current extension, and the garage, at 1 Searle Street and replace it with a new building. One Searle Street is a lovely property in a prominent […]

  • Harvey Goodwin Avenue Street Party Closure

    Harvey Goodwin Avenue Millennium Group 2012 AGM A copy of the “Harvey Goodwin Avenue Millennium Group” Annual General Meeting minutes were recently posted through my door in Cambridge. The minutes report that the meeting was attended by six people, and that they are considering closing the road for the entire weekend around Saturday the 6th […]

  • Huppert’s Law

    Exciting news – I have chance to present a 10-minute rule Bill to Parliament on the 10th. I need to decide topic by tuesday. Any ideas? #fb — Julian Huppert (@julianhuppert) June 28, 2012 On the morning of Thursday the 28th of June 2012 Cambridge MP Julian Huppert tweeted to say: Exciting news – I […]

  • Police Authority Treasurer Hummersone Sill Paid Off-Payroll

    Cambridgeshire Police Authority’s Deputy Chief Executive and Treasurer, John Hummersone I used the public question slot at Cambridgeshire Police Authority on the 28th of June 2012 to ask the following: Is the authority’s Deputy Chief Executive and Treasurer, John Hummersone, still paid “fees” via “Hummersone Consulting (Sole Trader)”? What are the reasons for this arrangement? […]

  • G4S Running Cambridgeshire Police Back Office Discussed by Police Authority

    On the 28th of June 2012 I observed a Cambridgeshire Police Authority meeting. Usually when I observe Police Authority meetings there’s only me, and on rare occasion at most one or two others, present. At this meeting there were over fifty people in the public seating, many were wearing unison “stop police cuts” t-shirts, others […]