Hearing the views and priorities of my constituents is one of the most interesting parts of my role as local MP.
Last week, I hosted an open meeting for the local residents of Wicken and Upware to give them an opportunity to discuss a range of local and national issues with me.
Inflation eats into the pounds in your pocket, affecting the price of your food shop, mortgage and the size of your pension pot – which is why the Prime Minister pledged to halve it by the end of this year.
I am very disappointed that the Post Office has not been able to deliver a service to my constituents in Waterbeach for the best part of a month now, and have just announced that they are due to close in Lode.
In our digital world, it is vital that people have the ability to engage online.
On Friday, I met with Connecting Cambridgeshire at Ely Library to discuss how we can remove barriers for those who lack digital confidence, digital skills or access to the internet.
Some of my constituents in Bottisham have been left feeling disconnected from nearby villages following Stephenson’s decision to take the village off the Number 11 bus route.
It was good to catch up with the CEO of NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Jan Thomas, about the service at Staploe Medical Centre in Soham, and patient access to NHS dentists.
Like much of the country, Cambridgeshire has experienced excessive rainfall in recent weeks which has caused flooding in some areas of my constituency, including Snailwell, Fordham, Burwell, Haddenham, and Queen Adelaide.
The Ministry of Justice’s ‘Community Payback’ deploys offenders to work on projects to pay back the community for their crimes, for example by removing graffiti, clearing wasteland or painting.
