I was delighted to celebrate with Cambridge Regional College and St Neots Citizen Hub after they won an award for excellence at the Association of Colleges (AoC) Beacon Awards in Parliament yesterday.

I am concerned to see the escalation of conflict in the Middle East, and that the UK has allowed the US to use its bases for strikes on Iran. No matter how the Prime Minister tries to redefine offensive as defensive, this is a mistake.

February has been LGBTQ+ month, where we reflect on the achievements of campaigners throughout history, and celebrate the huge contribution that so many LGBTQ+ people make to our society and communities.

Today, the Liberal Democrats successfully forced the Government to publish all files relating to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s appointment as trade envoy back in 2001.

I know many parents have been anxiously awaiting today’s announcement of the Government’s proposals to reform the SEND system, and nearly every week I hear from families across St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire who are having to fight exhausting battles to get the right support for their children.

Here is my weekly roundup of highlights from last week in Parliament and across St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire. 👇

It was a real pleasure to meet with the impressive members of the deaf health charity @signhealth.bsky.social Youth Advisory Board (YAB) and their interpreters in Parliament yesterday to discuss issues facing young deaf people.

I know that people are frightened, fed up, and spending far too much money on car repairs due to potholes and subsidence in our roads across Cambridgeshire.

It's National Apprenticeship Week and it was great to meet my constituent Jamie Forbes in Parliament and hear about his electrical apprenticeship at Marshals in Cambridgeshire.

Here is my weekly roundup of highlights from last week in Parliament and across St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire. 👇

Today after many months delay, the Government finally published its National Cancer Plan. We welcome its publication - especially as it is World Cancer Day - but so much more needs to be done to support cancer patients now and in the future, as well as boost research and prevention screening.

Last night I spoke against the Government's plans to change settlement rules for visa holders, urging Ministers not to move the goalposts for those who have already invested so much to be here in the UK.

Here is my weekly roundup of highlights from last week in Parliament and across St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire. 👇

Following my meeting with Hongkongers from across St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire earlier this month, I have now written to the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, to raise concerns from the community about proposals to reform requirements for Indefinite Leave to Remain.

Here is my weekly roundup of highlights from last week in Parliament and across St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire. 👇

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day where we remember the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered in the Holocaust, and all victims of Nazi persecution.

This week my Cambridgeshire Lib Dem colleagues @charlotte-cane-mp.bsky.social @pippaheylings.bsky.social and I met with the Minister for Social Care and the ICB CEO to challenge the decision not to fund the beds under threat of closure at @arthurrankhospice.bsky.social (ARH).

I was delighted to visit Paines Mill housing project in St Neots to help celebrate its 30th anniversary and hear about the positive work it does in our community.

Yesterday I met with the organisation f40, which represents the 43 lowest funded councils for education in England and campaigns for reform of the funding system and SEND education.

Following months of campaigning, I am delighted that today @arthurrankhospice.bsky.social announced it has secured enough funding from public donations to keep all its beds open for the next 12 months.

So we have yet another U-turn from the Government, which has finally seen sense and scrapped its doomed plans to introduce mandatory Digital ID cards. This is something the @libdems.org.uk and I have long been calling for.

We have heard hints from the Government that it plans to reduce the business rates for pubs. But now is the time to cut rates for all high street businesses – something I and the @libdems.org.uk have long been calling for.

On Saturday, I held one of my regular in-person surgeries - this week in Cambourne. I hold surgeries every week, both online and across St Neots and Mid Cambs, where constituents can arrange to meet with me to discuss particular issues concerning them.

Happy New Year to everyone in St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire. It was great to start off the new year by continuing to speak to residents on their (very frosty!) doorsteps.

As we head into the Christmas period, my team and I will be taking a short break from today (Christmas Eve). Rest assured that all messages sent to me at to [email protected] will be dealt with from Monday 29th December.

As we head into the final week before business in Parliament takes a break for Christmas, here is my weekly roundup of highlights from last week in Parliament and across St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire. 👇

Here is my weekly roundup of highlights from last week in Parliament and across St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire. 👇

Existing communities within the Oxford Cambridge Growth Corridor must be able to actively participate in and benefit from housing growth, rather than simply absorbing its pressures. That's the point that I stressed in a debate on the Government's 'Ox-Cam Growth Corridor' ambitions last week.

Today I attended the charity Scope's event to celebrate the UN International Day of Disabled People, as well as its ‘Disability Price Tag’ report launch.

Here is my weekly roundup of highlights from last week in Parliament and across St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire. 👇

Today, the Government has failed to take meaningful action that will support families and businesses. See here my reaction to today's Autumn Budget: www.snmclibdems.org.uk/news/article/ian-sollom-mp-reacts-to-autumn-budget

The Government has identified Tempsford as one of its top three priority sites for a new town, and I know many people are concerned about the increased strain this would put on local infrastructure and services here in St Neots unless serious action is taken.

Here is my weekly roundup of highlights from last week in Parliament and across St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire. 👇

Today I delivered a letter to No 10 Downing Street, along with the Principal of Impington Village College (IVC), Jo Sale, and campaigners, urging the Prime Minister to reverse cuts which will affect funding for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in 20 state schools across the country.

Yesterday, alongside Lynne and Natasha from my constituency, I met with Minister for Patient Safety Zubir Ahmed to demand action following the Verita report into disgraced Addenbrooke's surgeon Kuldeep Stohr.

Here is my weekly roundup of highlights from last week in Parliament and across St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire. 👇

With Storm Claudia expected this evening, and winter approaching, I'm sharing some information from the Environment Agency on how you can stay up to date with the latest weather forecast and flood warnings, as well as advice around dealing with flooding.

I support Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey’s letter to the Prime Minister calling for him to defend the BBC against those, like Trump and his cronies, who wish to destroy it.

It is a real concern that already rated 'inadequate' last year, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Probation Service might still be operating with only half the staff it needs. It is even more concerning that this shortfall may be putting children's safeguarding at risk.

Here is my weekly roundup of highlights from last week in Parliament and across St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire. 👇

Today I attended the Remembrance parade and service at Cambourne Church and lay a wreath in memory of all those who lost their lives in service for our country.

We Liberal Democrats have taken the fight for fairer hospice funding to the Prime Minister. Earlier this week I joined my constituent, Vivien, whose family and husband were supported by Arthur Rank before he died from a rare cancer, to deliver the petition to 10 Downing Street.

Today, I planted a tribute in the Constituency Garden of Remembrance in Parliament, which is hosted in partnership with the Royal British Legion.

Following the shocking attack on a train near Huntingdon over the weekend, I took the time yesterday to thank Cambridgeshire's emergency services as well as rail passengers and staff for their quick response and extraordinary bravery in the face of such danger.

Today I joined my constituent Vivien Biggs and other campaigners, and we handed in our petition at 10 Downing Street calling for the Government to save the beds at @arthurrankhospice.bsky.social.

Yesterday, I pressed the Government on its damaging decision to cut funding for the International Baccalaureate at state schools. A good education system offers different pathways for those who want to specialise early and for those who want to maintain breadth. (1/7)

Here is my weekly roundup of highlights from last week in Parliament and across St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire. 👇

Hosting MP Ian Sollom at @bas.ac.uk as part of @royalsociety.org Pairing Scheme! Chats with #geology colleagues and visit to our new Polar Sediment Core Facility. We all enjoyed that Ian was so interested and engaged with our work. Thankyou @iansollom.bsky.social and #pairingscheme2025 !🧪🔬❄️

Thank you to the residents, councillors and community leaders who joined the South Cambridgeshire police team and I on Saturday at the meeting in Histon Baptist Church.

Today, I asked the Minister for Care whether he recognised the clear contradiction between the Government's policy to bring healthcare out of hospitals and into communities as part of its 10 Year Plan, and the recent decision to withdraw funding for 40% of beds at Arthur Rank.