Author Archives: Edward Turnham

About Edward Turnham

I am a graduate medical student at the University of Cambridge.

Shapour Meftah is Cambridge’s new Conservative Councillor

Posted on May 5, 2012

Conservative Shapour Meftah has won a seat on the City Council, beating the incumbent Lib Dem councillor by 723 votes to 644. Cllr Meftah, shown here (right) being congratulated by County Council leader Nick Clarke, has lived in Trumpington for … Continue reading →

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Conservatives achieve movement on A14

Posted on November 13, 2011

New Conservative Secretary of State for Transport Justine Greening has announced that money will be made available to investigate improvements to the blighted A14 corridor. Progress on the issue has been driven by Conservative-led Cambridgeshire County Council.

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Conservatives continue council tax freeze for another year

Posted on October 3, 2011

Conservative Chancellor George Osborne today announced that the freeze in council tax would continue for a second year.

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Minister gives encouragement to Chesterton Station bid

Posted on September 9, 2011

Conservative minister Theresa Villiers has said she is ‘very impressed’ by Cambridgeshire County Council’s proposal for a new railway station in Chesterton. The Conservative-led council has proposed that it will borrow money to cover the £21 million cost of the … Continue reading →

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Cambridgeshire MPs fight for fair schools funding

Posted on June 9, 2011

Cambridgeshire’s MPs have written to Education Secretary Michael Gove calling for the county’s children to get a fair deal. Cambridgeshire is 143rd in the league table of 151 local authorities for school funding.

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Doctors say NHS reforms “will benefit most vulnerable”

Posted on May 11, 2011

Doctors representing over 7 million patients across the country have written to The Daily Telegraph supporting the Government’s plans to modernise the NHS which “will benefit the most vulnerable in society”.

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Huppert called on to apologise over AV untruth

Posted on April 18, 2011

Cambridge MP Julian Huppert was asked by Cambridge Conservatives on Monday to apologise  for misleading voters on the AV referendum, after he incorrectly claimed that MPs would need more than half of all votes to win under AV.

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