Monthly Archives: July 2011

It was Cambridge MP Julian Huppert’s 33rd birthday on Thursday, and the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) marked the occasion by publishing details of what he’s been spending our money on (along with details for the other 649 MPs). In … Continue reading →

When David Howarth was leader of Cambridge City Council, he was fond of saying that “policy is expenditure and expenditure is policy” – in other words, a policy without any spending attached isn’t worth much; it’s what the money gets … Continue reading →

Traditional images of Cambridge often include Kings College chapel viewed from the Backs, or cows grazing on Midsummer Common only a few hundred yards from the city centre. We’re very fortunate to have so much green space in our city, … Continue reading →

20mph speed limits have recently been introduced in a number of parts of Cambridge which previously had 30mph limits. The council have been monitoring the changes in traffic speed, and the results have been decidedly mixed. As a number of … Continue reading →

The Cambridge political Twitterverse witnessed a sharp difference of opinion over the weekend as local blogger Richard Taylor was accused of being “a mysogynist” by former city councillor Clare Blair. Here is Richard’s side of the story. Richard has chronicled … Continue reading →

Some interesting data visualizations in this report about health in the Cambridge area (other reports here). Lots to dig into, but among the things that struck me are how much difference to life expectancy it makes being in the least-deprived … Continue reading →

How hard are our local councillors working for us? Perhaps it’s difficult to tell from the available data, but we can at least see how often they turn up to council meetings. Cambridge City Council publishes a summary of attendance … Continue reading →