Mayor Nik Johnson - South East Cambridgeshire Labour

We’re on the big green bus and the wheels are going round and round

Dr Nik Johnson campaigned to be Mayor making strong promises about public transport and buses in particular. Six months after the election and how’s it going? Dr Nik has held bus summits with all the local bus companies, exchanged knowledge with the Mayor of Manchester, Andy Burnham, and held a…

Labour Works for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Labour Works for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough by Nik Johnson Following my election in May as the new Labour and Co-operative Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, I’ve focused on embedding my 3Cs – compassion, co-operation and community – in the combined Authority. Part of this co-operation has involved working with Daniel…

100 Days of a Labour Mayor

It Has been 100 days since voters in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough elected Dr Nik Johnson as their mayor. Dr Nik has already made progress in areas such as improvements in public transport, environmental policy and tackling the housing crisis in our area. This is only the start. With his focus…

A vote of confidence in the 3 Cs: Compassion, Co-operation and Community

Government Minister praises Labour’s Dr Nik Johnson as £100m of funding is unlocked Just over two months after taking the helm as Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Dr Nik Johnson has been praised by the Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government. And this endorsement comes with a cheque for…

Dr Nik Johnson gets on with the buses

Dr Nik Johnson as candidate pledged to reconnect our villages with a reliable bus service. Dr Nik as Mayor is now working hard to improve our bus services. Labour’s Dr Nik Johnson got straight down to work. One of his first acts was to meet the local bus operator, Stagecoach.…

MAYOR’S BLOG: THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS

Harold Wilson famously said a week is a long time in politics – but my first week as Mayor has been all too short. It’s flashed past in a blur of facts and faces, media interviews, meet-and-greets, and the truly exciting detail of planning action for change with my new…

Yes! Labour can and does win here

Congratulations to Dr Nik Johnson on winning the Cambridge and Peterborough Mayoral election. A fabulous result. We always had faith in the strength of our message, our candidate and the voters of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Our election leaflets said that Labour can win here. Now we’ve been proved right and…

More bus woe as Milton Park and Ride service suspended

Labour’s candidate for Mayor condemns the decision and explains his plans to run a bus service for the public good. Bus users in Milton and beyond were left reeling today as Stagecoach suddenly announced that the Milton Park & Ride service will be suspended from next Monday 10th May. This…

Palmer’s £100K homes claims: the truth

Dr Nik Johnson angry as Palmer gives people false hope and hinders progress to reduce the housing crisis During the BBC Look East special yesterday ‘A Mayor for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough’, Conservative candidate James Palmer claimed that he would be able to address the affordable housing crisis using his £100K…

Mayoral candidate Nik Johnson pledges support to social workers.

Social workers across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough were given the backing of local Labour and Co-operative Party candidate Nik Johnson this week, in the lead up to the Mayoral election on 6 May. Nik Johnson outlined his ideas and plans for social work in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough should he be elected Mayor. “I want every single social worker and…

Metro is a fools folly!

WHY I WILL NOT SUPPORT MAYOR PALMER’s CAM METRO PROJECT … Labour and Co-operative party mayoral candidate Dr Nik Johnson will call an immediate halt to the £4billion CAM Metro project if elected on May 6th. He dismissed the project as being a ‘white elephant’ and ‘a fool’s folly’. Dr Nik…