Cambridge: already on the level

Cambridge: already on the level

Posted on May 30, 2024 by jsw  | Tags: Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill

Work continues: Cambridge UK by Prisoner 5413

The first of our General Election Campaign press releases, Cambridge: already on the level was issued on 29^th May.  We ask voters to call a halt to Government plans to build tens of thousands of new homes in and around Cambridge. We explain why this development is not needed, and we should not be destroying one of the country’s most important Green Belts with its surrounding areas of prime agricultural land.   

Update:  Following the Prime Minister’s announcement on 3^rd June on Levelling Up funding over the next decade, our Chairman, Dr Alan James, has commented:

“Just compare the £2m per year each over 10 years to revive 30 impoverished towns announced as Levelling Up by the Prime Minister with:

1.            £162m to build Cambridge CSET busway

2.            £230m to build Cambridge C2C busway

3.            £277m gift to private company to move the Cambridge WWT into the Green Belt

4.            £8bn to build East-West Rail extension to Cambridge!

How can this be described as Levelling Up? If I was a resident of one of the towns on the Prime Minister’s list, I would feel my intelligence had been insulted as well as my home town.”

Read our opinion piece on Cambs News at:

https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/opinion-there-are-places-that-merit-levelling-up-investment-cambridge-is-already-on-the-level/26086/