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
New Lease of Life for unwanted bicycles! 13th August 2020 "It's great news that within the last year, over 4,000 bikes left a re3 recycling centres have been re-used instead of being sent to landfill. This benefits our... Local News
The language of the left 13th August 2020 People complain to me that they can no longer say what they wish. They feel they are losing their right to free speech or to independent thoughts. They have to... Westminster News
GDP figures reveal big decline in public service output and rise in public sector inflation 12th August 2020 Two of the biggest sector falls in the economy in the sharp recession last quarter were health and education, owing to the impact of the virus on their ability... Westminster News
Taxing development 11th August 2020 The government wants to speed more housebuilding, but it also wants to tax development. It proposes a new infrastructure tax to replace the existing system. It... Westminster News
On line meeting with Schools Minister 11th August 2020 I dialled in to Nick Gibb’s briefing yesterday about the forthcoming exam results. He set out the position as I did on my blog yesterday. He agreed it would... Westminster News
BA should listen to their staff 11th August 2020 JOHN REDWOOD MP has condemned the way IAG has treated their staff and written to them urging them to be fairer to their employees. He has also questioned the... Local News
Levelling up needs the schools back 11th August 2020 During the long lock downs some pupils have been able to benefit from a full timetable of on line lessons and lectures, and to have home work marked over the... Westminster News
Exam results 10th August 2020 There may be a row in England, as there has been in Scotland, over this summer’s GCSE and A level results. The first thing to stress is the award of grades to... Westminster News
New gully cleaning contract starts with a splash ... 10th August 2020 One thing about working from home is you can see someone did actually come and clean the Kerbs and Gullies - I went out to speak to the Volker Highways workman... Local News
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