内容摘要：, between 2005 and 2023, just 3% of official investigations into settler violence ended in a conviction.

, between 2005 and 2023, just 3% of official investigations into settler violence ended in a conviction.

The impact on barbastelle bats living in Wimpole and Eversden Woods could be "unacceptable" and result in "catastrophic impacts" on their population, it added, including "in the worst-case scenario, loss of the maternity roost".It also highlighted an "unacceptable" impact on water voles using the Hobson's Park city wildlife site.

EWR said in a naturethat the project would provide a 10% biodiversity net gain and that it was carrying out surveys of different wildlife groups, such as bats, birds and protected species - including water voles.The proposed rail route would pass near the villages of Highfields Caldecote, Comberton and Haslingfield, through Chapel Hill, and south of Harston on its way to a new station at Cambridge South.

The council has suggested that EWR should introduce a fund for communities affected by the disruption and the loss of land."The impact on mental health of residents has the potential to be considerable for those living close by," it added.

The authority also suggested EWR set up a community rail partnership so that affected people "can start to have a positive relationship with the finished project".

The EWR spokesperson said: "We remain committed to working hand-in-hand with the local communities that EWR will serve.The Treasury has said figures from think tanks, academics and the private sector will be drafted in to scrutinise departments' spending plans.

Those to be brought in include former senior management of Lloyd's Banking Group, Barclays Bank and the Co-operative Group.The department has set up a new internal unit, branded the Office for Value for Money, to advise the chancellor on where savings should be made.

The unit, housing around 20 civil servants, will be headed up by David Goldstone, who hasas an executive on the London Olympics, Parliament's restoration and HS2 high speed rail.