Alex Beckett

11/09/2026

I'm a technologist, always have been. Was one of the first to use AI and have always thought driverless cars will be in our future. I can't help but find myself agreeing with Bernie Sanders right now though that we should pause frontier AI development. It's very powerful as it is right now and further development just makes it more likely that we're going to see catastrophic consequences for the world and our way of life.

The revelations in Anthropic's threat intelligence report come after a former top researcher at the company warned of the risks of AI to humanity.

03/09/2026

Bike rack disaster averted. Thanks to all who got in touch and good to see everyone this morning, really good to see the entire community come together.

02/09/2026

Mill Road Bike Racks - It's come to my attention that an LHI to install bike racks on Mill Road would negatively impact local business, in particular Tradizioni.

I've asked that this installation be halted.

This came from an LHI bid from local Councillors - I believe Cllr Pounds made the application and Cllr Green has been involved in the process as local member. I understand the desire to move quickly in improvements for Mill Road but they also need to be the right improvements.

01/09/2026

08/08/2026

Building on our record investment in resurfacing roads, we’re now putting a further £5m into larger patch repairs over the summer.

14/07/2026

Amazing to have Cambridge host Active County 2026. Great meeting people from across the world, hearing stories from Utrecht in the Netherlands and Heidelberg Germany. Great having a b**r with Chris Boardman and joining hundreds of cyclists through the city. The Ray Dolby centre is inspiring and it was fantastic to be able to share Cambridgeshires story with 600 delegates.

10/07/2026

360 view from inside the Milton Road Sinkhole. It’s about 10m2 and about 2.5m deep. Final investigations ongoing with a plan to fill it in starting next week.

01/07/2026

Cambridge City 20mph Expansion:

Today we've published a new TRO consultation on extending Cambridge's 20mph zone. In the previous consultation the extents were much larger but we've listen to the feedback and today we're presenting a reduced scheme. It's worth noting that even with this reduced scheme, over 100 people have been killed or seriously injured on these roads alone in the last 10 years. Evidence from other areas show that implementing 20mph could cut that number in half.

I'm sure there will be mixed opinions on this but please do find out more here and fill in our consultation.
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/travel-roads-and-parking/roads-and-pathways/improving-the-local-highway/20mph-cambridge-city

28/06/2026

Brilliant to be on the first train to Cambridge South station today. Lib Dem’s have been campaigning for an ‘Addenbrooke’s’ station for over 20 years. Well it’s finally here and it’s stunning. Certainly the prettiest modern station I’ve been to!

27/04/2026

Visiting the smart city centre in Milton Keynes today, really interesting to see what they’re doing with robots and autonomous vehicles. Didn’t manage to get a photo of it but one which is really interesting is gritting robots for paths/cycle ways.