Labour Budget Strains Wokingham Charities Tuesday, 5 November, 2024 by Cllr George Evans The recent Labour budget has introduced significant financial pressures for Wokingham’s charity sector, which plays a crucial role in supporting our community’s most vulnerable residents. Local charities, which already operate on lean budgets, are now grappling with the increased costs from national insurance contributions and the minimum wage hike. These changes place an... Local News
Freedom now 26th August 2020 The BBC’s wish to avoid singing “Britons never never never shall be slaves” speaks volumes about how hostile to freedom many in the establishment have become... Westminster News
Back to school - travelling safely 26th August 2020 UllaKarin Clark says: I would like to reassure parents and students about the measures which have been put in place on our buses, including the additional... Local News
Well Done & Thank You to Wokingham Borough Residents #WasteWednesday 26th August 2020 Thank you for all your recycling efforts! Residents have embraced every initiative offered by the Council. Between April and June this year over 100 tonnes more... Local News
Share your experiences - Tackling Racism Survey closes on Friday 26th August 2020 Wokingham Borough Council is committed to tackling racism. Earlier this summer the council launched a survey in order to better understand experiences of black... Local News
Jaguar the brand 25th August 2020 I would like Jaguar to succeed as a UK manufacturer and have been worried by recent news reports of poor sales figures and issues over a possible partner. The... Westminster News
Small Business Grant funding ends this week 24th August 2020 Since March Wokingham Borough Council has given out £39m in financial support to thousands of businesses across the borough. With the majority of grant funding... Local News
Time for a quango review 24th August 2020 Now Public Health England and Ofqual have shown their capacity to make headlines and to raise the issue of how independent they are of Ministers, it is a good... Westminster News
Frank Browne, Former Leader of WBC and a brilliant campaigner 24th August 2020 Wokingham Conservative Association is greatly saddened to hear of the death of Frank Browne, former Leader of Wokingham Borough Council who passed away from... Local News
Slaves to R? 23rd August 2020 With stories circulating that some think we need a new national lock down because R may be over 1, we need to go over old ground on these inaccurate numbers... Westminster News
What Boris Johnson’s proposed Brexit deal means 4th October 2019 As Boris Johnson has rightly said, we are coming out of the EU on October 31, come what may. MPs promised to respect the result of the referendum. More people... National News
Our education policy is improving the nation’s skills 4th October 2019 When Boris Johnson entered Number 10, one of his first acts was to get more money to our education system. That’s why we’re investing £14 billion in schools... National News
We’re ending low pay in work 3rd October 2019 People’s hard work and talents should be rewarded fairly. That has long been a key principle of Conservative government.We have made huge strides in the last... National News
This was what the Prime Minister said live at Conference 2nd October 2019 It’s great to be here in Manchester at the best attended conference for years, and I gather there was quite a lively mood last night in the hotel bars.And I... National News
Why we're ending Automatic Early Release for violent & sexual offenders 1st October 2019 The worst offenders should serve most of their sentence in prison. They should not be released after serving just half of their sentence automatically. National News
