As we await the Comprehensive Spending Review, Will Pope from EEDA points out that despite being an economic benefit to the Treasury, this region does not get a fair proportion of Government spending per head, and John Bridge from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Chambers believes it is clearly unacceptable that vital work to upgrade the A14 trunk road is still in the balance.
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Category: Conversations
Green Reputation Policy Bid
Peterborough City Council is being invited to tie itself to a new policy that outlaws unsound or disreputable environmental practices. Hugh Cripps and Mick Leggett answer questions from Paul Stainton.
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More Thought Needed on the Old Hospital Site
Councillors have joined the local MP in questioning the current outline plans for the old Peterborough District Hospital site on Thorpe Road as unimaginative, unsustainable, and not in the best interests of local ratepayers. Continue reading “More Thought Needed on the Old Hospital Site”
Marco on the ING Development
Back from Brussels, Marco Cereste, Leader of Peterborough City Council, welcomes new developments in the Station Quarter area of Peterborough and goes on to celebrate his successes so far.
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ING and the Station Quarter
Andy Burrows talks to a man from ING Retail, who are considering coming in to build on the old Royal Mail Sorting Office, near the railway station.
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The Wirrina
The old Wirrina building, the former Peterborough and District Youth Stadium, will be demolished on Saturday morning at 6am. What now for the people of Peterborough? Paul Stainton talks to Council Leader Marco Cereste at 08:25 on Tuesday 5th November 2010.
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Sadiq Khan on Ed Miliband
Sadiq Khan, Campaign Adviser to winner Ed Miliband, talks about a possible difference of opinion on the Iraq issue between the rival Miliband brothers, and the likely outcome for loser David Miliband’s future, and that of the Party itself. Broadcast at 08:35 on Wednesday 29th September 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. The interviewer is Paul Stainton.
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John Peach on the Urgent Care Review and Alma Road Surgery
As a longtime opponent of the closure of the Alma Road Walk-In Centre, Conservative Cllr John Peach welcomes the news that NHS Peterborough will immediately review its entire urgent care provision, effectively putting the closure of the surgery on hold, and he calls for an inquiry into the decisions taken within the Primary Care Trust over the last few years, culminating in the enormous financial deficit that they now face. The BBC’s Paul Stainton talks to Cllr Peach at 08:23 on Wednesday 29th September 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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