Sir Ed said: “I think it is fair to say that the Conservative mayor [of Cambridgeshire] is a controversial figure.
“In Westminster we are dealing with, shall we say, some rather worrying scandals around the Prime Minister, and I think the people of Cambridgeshire will see an echo in some of the scandals that have gone on in your area”.
Asked which “scandals” he was referring to in Cambridgeshire, he said: “I have heard, for example, that there was an issue which is known locally as the ‘farmgate’ scandal, where a deputy leader got a tenancy for a county-owned farm and then there was an inquiry and then he resigned before the report was published.
Sir Ed said: “I think it is fair to say that the Conservative mayor [of Cambridgeshire] is a controversial figure.
“In Westminster we are dealing with, shall we say, some rather worrying scandals around the Prime Minister, and I think the people of Cambridgeshire will see an echo in some of the scandals that have gone on in your area”.
Asked which “scandals” he was referring to in Cambridgeshire, he said: “I have heard, for example, that there was an issue which is known locally as the ‘farmgate’ scandal, where a deputy leader got a tenancy for a county-owned farm and then there was an inquiry and then he resigned before the report was published.
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“This is our chance to end the cronyism and the wastefulness of James Palmer and the Conservatives.
“Palmer has achieved so little in four years, but his spending has spiralled; his office costs are over £5 million per year, not £850,000 as he promised.
“He has handed over £12 million to consultants for the imaginary tunnels of his CAM Metro project and he has given taxpayer-funded jobs to four former Tory councillors.
“And now James Palmer has lost £45 million of government housing funding from his own party, meaning hundreds of families from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough stand to lose the chance of a new home.