Politics

The RSPCA is calling for the licencing of air guns, as new figures reveal that the animal charity received 7671 reports of animals being shot in 2018 across England and Wales, with 14 of these reports coming from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

Before I get into the substance of this column, I’d like to congratulate the England cricket team on their victory in the World Cup. It could not have been a more electrifying match, nor a more inspiring victory, writes Cllr Shaz Nawaz, leader of the Labour group on Peterborough City Council, in his weekly column.

Following the recent by-election, and the European and local elections before that, one might expect that elected members would quickly re-align the focus of their attention closer to home, writes Cllr Stephen Lane, leader of the Werrington First group on Peterborough City Council, in the Speaker’s Corner column.

When you travel around the country you realise there are some issues that affect every town and city, writes Peterborough City Council leader cllr John Holdich.

Why should a full school uniform cost hundreds of pounds? It’s a question that I heard from parents on the doorstep in the recent by-election, and since I’ve been elected as their MP, writes Peterborough MP Lisa Forbes.

Four puppies believed to have been illegally imported into Peterborough have been rescued by officers and are now set to be re-homed.

The funding crisis for Peterborough schools has become so severe that staff are having to replace laptop keys with pieces of lego.

MP for Peterborough Lisa Forbes helped defeat the Government on an amendment which could thwart efforts by the next Prime Minister to force through a no deal Brexit.

Fed up commuters face yet further delays to see the bypass at King’s Dyke Level Crossing ever come to fruition after Cambridgeshire County Council ditched the contractor for the project.

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have been urged to formally back plans to give metro mayors greater powers over taxation, schools and housing, including in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire.

Peterborough city councillors have been told sharing IT services with Cambridgeshire will save money, eventually.

An elderly widow with learning difficulties has been left almost penniless after a council stripped her of her £28,000 nest egg - because she had saved too much.

Peterborough City Council is looking for more ways to prosecute fly-tippers as a working group reports more incidents than ever.

Cabinet members at Peterborough City Council have been told their current forecast £5.457 million overspend is "usual" for this time of the year; but is expected to be clawed back over the full financial term.

Fenland District Council has secured a further share of government funding aimed at supporting local areas facing pressures linked to recent migration.

Fenland District Council is taking urgent action to partially demolish a derelict building in Wisbech after surveys revealed parts of the building are at risk of collapse.

New MP for Peterborough Lisa Forbes has promised to “regain the trust of the Jewish community”.

MP for Peterborough Lisa Forbes has dismissed accusations that a convicted vote rigger was part of her election campaign.

Even the most hardened libertarian admits there are some functions which the state must perform, writes leader of the Labour group on Peterborough City Council Cllr Shaz Nawaz.