Press releases

Communities across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are being given an opportunity to have their say on a once in a generation opportunity to shape the future of local government.

Council leaders have announced they have identified 3 preferred options for creating new unitary councils across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

Work has been completed at The Hive Leisure Centre in Ely to install 228 solar panels to reduce the site’s reliance on fossil fuels and lower its carbon emissions.

Fordham and Isleham district councillor Kelli Pettitt has been elected as the new Chair of East Cambridgeshire District Council.

Work is to start on East Cambridgeshire’s first state of the art bereavement centre.

Residents across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are being encouraged to get ready to vote in the mayoral election due to take place on Thursday 1 May.

East Cambridgeshire District Council continues to lead the way when it comes to supporting community led development and our work has been officially recognised and commended as ‘trailblazing’ in a new independent report presented to government.

Council leaders across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have today (Friday 21 March) sent a letter to the Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution setting out progress on plans to move towards a new system of local government.

Lauren Martin and Jasmine Sparrow are to become the first owners of two new £100K Homes at Eden Square in Ely.

It’s loud and clear – East Cambs residents do not support the merger of district and county councils into a larger unitary authority.