Also rumbling on locally in Cambridge although quite low on the attention front is the Greater Cambridge question. Should Cambridge be bigger, and if so how big.
It sounds as if the ruling elite of councillors and who knows how many officers support this would like to see Cambridge as a unitary authority, jealous of Peterborough I suppose, and absorbing the areas run by South Cambridgeshire district council as well as some or all of East Cambs. All sounds a bit like the rebirth of the old pre 1970's Cambridgeshire but under City control to me but what do I know.
I can see it now. The Greater Cambridge self ruling kingdom with councillors all wearing the new clothes from a certain story as well I shouldn't wonder.
The leader of the city council says that the county council is and has been against this instead wanting to perhaps retain its position as the overall and perhaps only local authority for Cambridgeshire, saying that the county council are empire builders. Hang on who is proposing taking over South Cambs and perhaps part of East Cambs and what would you call that then.
Sorry but that all sounds a bit rich to me. Then we have the statement from the leader of South Cambs that the political ramifications of welding authorities together would be distraction from important issues like where homes should be built and the uncertainty about the political makeup of a new council.
Surely if a unification or simplification of councils occurs it should be to deliver better services or have I missed something!
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