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Seeking Permission to Record Cambridge City Council Meetings
This image of the Cambridge City’s June 2010 Full Council was
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Publication Standards for Local Government Spending Data
Anyone wanting find out what an item of spending published by Bedford Council refers to is invited to contact the council to find out as they don’t proactively publish descriptions. On Friday the 10th of September 2010 Data.gov.uk’s Local Data Panel published their draft guidance for Local Authorities on how to comply with the Prime […]
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Cambridge MP Julian Huppert’s Voting Record So Far
Image: Houses of Parliament, London, Monet c.1904 This week I have been looking at how Cambridge’s MP Julian Huppert has been voting since the city’s residents sent him to Parliament earlier this year. Interesting Votes I have written previously about the vote on the 8th of June 2010 where Julian Huppert abstained from voting on […]
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Visiting Cambridge City Council to Look Behind the Accounts
File containing reports from Cambridge City Council’s accounting system relating to items I had expressed an interest prior to my visit to inspect background material supporting the published accounts. On Thursday the 22nd of July 2010 I visited Cambridge City Council’s accounts office to make use of the provision in the Audit Commission Act 1998 […]
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New Trees for Jesus Green and Midsummer Common – Seminar and Workshop
Plane Tree Avenue, Jesus Green, Cambridge. On Thursday the 1st of July 2010 I attended a seminar and workshop on new tree planting for Jesus Green and Midsummer Common. The fact the meeting had been scheduled was only revealed in public following a question I asked at the West Central Area committee on the 24th […]
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Questions to the Cambridge City Council Executive – May 2010
At full meetings of Cambridge City Council there is a section where councillors are able to ask oral questions of the Executive councillors. Questions are submitted in advance and are randomly ordered by officers prior to the meeting. As many questions as it is possible to get through in the half hour allocated are taken. […]
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Opening Up Ordnance Survey Data – Consultation Response
In response to a government consultation on ‘Policy options for geographic information from Ordnance Survey’ I wrote: I am writing to respond to the current consultation on restructuring Ordnance Survey. I think as much OS data as possible ought be made freely available. As public bodies are major customers of the OS the public already […]
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Secret Meeting on Wednesday to Discuss Cycling And Parking on Church Street Chesterton
Cars often park illegally on Church Street in Chesterton. As part of a scheme to make the road more attractive to cyclists Cllr Clare Blair wants parking formally permitted. At the North Area committee on the 4th of March 2010 I asked a public question about consultation in relation to a proposed Arbury Park to […]
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Democracy Club – Bringing Openness and Accountability to Elections
A meet-up of those interested in reinvigorating democracy and making the next election the most open and transparent ever is being held on Thursday the 25th of February from 19.30 in B-Bar, Market Passage, Cambridge. The Cambridge event, which is for those living in the surrounding region as well as city residents, is one of […]