Dr Alex Bulat

🌹 In shocking news it is a Labour gain in St Ives South and Needingworth 🌹 I am proud to have done a positive and pragmatic campaign, speaking about my experience and issues councillors can actually affect. I focused on how I can be an active, present and proactive councillor, working with others all year round. A local issue focused and positive campaign can get surprising results (with unpredictable vote splits)! Commiserations to all other candidates - it was a good and hard fought campaign especially by Lib Dems and Conservatives. A big thank you to everyone who supported me in this campaign - with a small team of people leafletting and canvassing, our agent Bob and my partner @Luke_Viner. Thank you all who voted and put their trust in me for this election.

I am pleased that my motion on Co-Operative models (inspired by the Co-operative Councils Innovation Network) has been supported at full council today. As a Labour and Co-operative Party Councillor, I could not resist bringing forward a motion on co-operatives. I welcome the administration’s willingness to consider joining the Co-operative Councils Innovation Network and discussing this in committee, as well as surveying a sample of suppliers in children's services to assess compliance with Fair Tax Mark standards and living wage, and bring a report back to consider any further action on this. See the approved motion here: cambridgeshire.cmis.uk.com/CCC_live/Docum…

Coffee, Buses & Politics: Martin & Stephen chew the fat x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Coffee, buses, and potholes x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

In many years of campaigning for Labour across different constituencies, rural and urban areas, diverse and less diverse areas… I have heard a lot on migration. Many of the reforms will have support in a plurality of voters. But I’ve never heard anyone saying, for example, bankers should be able to settle in this county five times quicker than care workers. Or that it’s ok for a couple and their children to be on totally different routes to settlement. Two issues that will move more “moderates” towards the “left” critique of migration reforms - changing rules for people who already made their home in the UK, and impact on children (especially on child poverty). Why? Because both these issues are about fairness - not changing rules after the game started, and not punishing people who are where they are with no fault of their own.

Coffee, Buses, Politics: BOJ on Potholes, Pause the Plan, Data Poverty, and more x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

It's the last day of the month so here's a summary of some of the things I have done in February as a County Councillor - and the next March drop-in surgery dates.

Option A 🤔 vs. Option E ❤️ I voted against Option A when this was debated (without a business case) at the county council. I support Option E - which Huntingdonshire District Council endorsed cross-party. All 4 options for local government reorganisation are on the table. Government is looking for your views. Have your say here: consult.communities.gov.uk/local-governme…

Last weekend, I was at the Labour local government conference and a key theme was pride in place. This weekend I was back on the doorstep in St Ives - canvassing all year round, not only at election time! Pride in place is one of the reasons why many residents want to see a Huntingdonshire unitary authority - building on the potential of our area, keeping our historic Huntingdonshire identity and having a council that is close to communities. The consultation is open until 26 March: consult.communities.gov.uk/local-governme…

Say Yes to Option E! You can support an independent Huntingdonshire in the Government consultation here: gov.uk/government/con…

𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐘𝐄𝐒 𝐭𝐨 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄 - 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲. The Government’s statutory consultation is now live! All 4 Options are on the table - including Option E which is backed cross-party in Huntingdonshire. This means Option E is seriously considered by Government. The consultation will run from 5 February to 26 March 2026. I will share more detailed views tomorrow but meanwhile I wanted to share this news. Residents can respond at: gov.uk/government/con…

Coffee, Buses & Politics with special guest Stagecoach's Darren Roe x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Gorton and Denton is a straight fight between Labour and Reform UK. The Greens aren’t in this race.

CBP: HDC declares war on empty properties, and Labour leadership shenanigans x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Earlier this week, I went to the Cambridgeshire Young Farmers meeting in Pidley - always great to hear what the clubs have been up to and of course catching up with Farmer Luke @Ondaintreefarm (follow him to learn everything about growing potatoes 🥔)

🚨 NEW: The Government has rated councils in England red, amber or green based on how well they're fixing potholes using Government funding

Labour are freezing rail fares for the first time in 30 years. Alongside the work to take back railways into public ownership, this is good news - even for -6 degrees mornings!

Coffee, Buses and Politics Review of the Year x.com/i/broadcasts/1…