Opinion

The last two weeks have been an extraordinary time in British politics, writes Peterborough MP Lisa Forbes.

September is one of the busiest times of year for a local authority and especially so for those working in the education department, writes Jonathan Lewis, Peterborough City Council director of education.

In last week’s column I spoke about the urgent need for an uplift in our government funding to allow us to continue meeting the growing needs of our residents, writes cllr John Holdich, leader of Peterborough City Council.

Out of all the resignations that have occurred, I found Jo Johnson’s, the University Minister, to be the most shocking. He is, after all, the Prime Minister’s brother, writes leader of the Labour group on Peterborough City Council Cllr Shaz Nawaz in his weekly column.

Regards the article last week about counterfeit goods found at my car boot sale.

Regarding the market car park, Peterborough should lead the way by showing nationally how multi-storey car parks structures can be converted to residential use and not merely demolished.

It’s distressing when our city appears in the national news for all the wrong reasons, writes Cllr Shaz Nawaz, leader of the Labour group on Peterborough City Council.

Just get on with it! On Brexit - this is the message I hear loud and clear from people in Peterborough when I knock on doors across our city, writes Conservative parliamentary candidate for Peterborough Paul Bristow in our Speaker’s Corner column.

If you follow the council on social media then you might have spotted that we supported the Local Government Association’s #CouncilsCan campaign to highlight the breadth of services we provide for residents, and the urgent need for certainty in our government funding, writes Cllr John Holdich, leader of Peterborough City Council.

As per-pupil funding continues to fall under this Tory government, it comes as no surprise that the most disadvantaged pupils are bearing the brunt of brutal cuts to education, writes Peterborough MP Lisa Forbes.

Cars in Bridge Street... those were the days, writes Chris Porsz, the Paramedic Paparazzo.

I couldn’t agree more with the letter last week about Broadway and the amount of litter in the street.

Local Peterborough Lodge Schola Regia were out in the community at the beginning of the summer, standing shoulder to shoulder with other community leaders to show their support in remembering the Armed Forces, writes Craig Bunday from Peterborough Freemasons.

Albert Einstein supposedly stated that the definition of madness was repeating the same steps and expecting different results. This maxim came to mind regarding the recent decision to demolish the Northminster Car Park, writes Cllr Shaz Nawaz, leader of the Labour group on Peterborough City Council.

According to the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), 20 per cent of Britons have on occasions stayed at home for fear of being unable to find a toilet, writes Barry Warne from the Green Party in this week’s Speaker’s Corner column.

2019 has been the year of the climate emergency. In June I had the pleasure of meeting some of my constituents and discuss their concerns when they came to Westminster to participate in a mass lobby on climate change outside Parliament.

It hardly seems possible, but in just a few days’ time thousands of children across the city will be returning to school, writes leader of Peterborough City Council Cllr John Holdich.

Rally

Here are a couple of scenes from the early eighties and the first one is certainly topical... given the council’s current plans to demolish the Market car park, write Paramdic Paparazzo Chris Porsz.