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Cambridge: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Cambridge City Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East of England; within the county of CAM; part of the CPCA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Cambridgeshire County Council.
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- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Cambridge for 2026–27: £239.07 of a £2,467.02 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.
In the last twelve months: 0 opened, 1 closed (1 closure)
- Cambridge International School — closed; reason recorded: closure, 3 July 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£6.5 million |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £7.1 million |
| Cultural and related services | £8.0 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £11.0 million |
| Planning and development services | £5.6 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £4.2 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £29.5 million |
Cambridge in numbers
- Total population
- 149,352 people
- Median age
- 31 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £27,979
- Gross median weekly pay
- £764
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 17.6%
- Claimant Count
- 2.1%
- Average house price
- £475,151
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 11.3 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 3.6 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 94.7%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 312.7 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 5,375 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
42 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, as a minority administration.
Councillors by party: Labour Party 17, Green Party (E&W) 12, Liberal Democrats 11, Conservative and Unionist 1, Your Party 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 42 councillors, by ward
- Elliot Tong (Green Party (E&W)) — Abbey
- Maria Cleminson (Green Party (E&W)) — Abbey
- Naomi Bennett (Green Party (E&W)) — Abbey
- Mike Todd-Jones (Labour Party) — Arbury
- Patrick Sheil (Labour Party) — Arbury
- Sefira Davison (Green Party (E&W)) — Arbury
- Alex Sage (Green Party (E&W)) — Castle
- Antoinette Nestor (Labour Party) — Castle
- Cheney Payne (Liberal Democrats) — Castle
- Mark Ashton (Labour Party) — Cherry Hinton
- Robert Dryden (Labour Party) — Cherry Hinton
- Russ McPherson (Labour Party) — Cherry Hinton
- Rosy Moore (Labour Party) — Coleridge
- Sarah Nicmanis (Green Party (E&W)) — Coleridge
- Tim Griffin (Labour Party) — Coleridge
- Bob Illingworth (Liberal Democrats) — East Chesterton
- Gerri Bird (Labour Party) — East Chesterton
- Sarah Haithcock (Labour Party) — East Chesterton
- Delowar Hossain (Conservative and Unionist) — King's Hedges
- Jenny Gawthrope Wood (Labour Party) — King's Hedges
- Martin Smart (Labour Party) — King's Hedges
- Anthony Martinelli (Liberal Democrats) — Market
- Katie Porrer (Liberal Democrats) — Market
- Tim Bick (Liberal Democrats) — Market
- Eleanor Scott (Green Party (E&W)) — Newnham
- Hugh Clough (Green Party (E&W)) — Newnham
- Jean Glasberg (Green Party (E&W)) — Newnham
- Kathryn Fisher (Green Party (E&W)) — Petersfield
- Katie Thornburrow (Labour Party) — Petersfield
- Mike Davey (Labour Party) — Petersfield
- Amanda Taylor (Liberal Democrats) — Queen Edith's
- Imogene Blackburn-Horgan (Liberal Democrats) — Queen Edith's
- Karen Young (Liberal Democrats) — Queen Edith's
- Beth Gardiner-Smith (Labour Party) — Romsey
- Dave Baigent (Your Party) — Romsey
- Jacqui Whitmore (Green Party (E&W)) — Romsey
- Ingrid Flaubert (Green Party (E&W)) — Trumpington
- John Grimwood (Liberal Democrats) — Trumpington
- Olaf Hauk (Liberal Democrats) — Trumpington
- Jamie Dalzell (Liberal Democrats) — West Chesterton
- Rachel Wade (Labour Party) — West Chesterton
- Richard Swift (Labour Party) — West Chesterton