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
Community groups invited to apply for grant funding 21st August 2023 Matthew Barber, Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), has today (21/8) opened the second of this year’s application rounds to the Community Fund. The Community... Local News
Nationalised roads 21st August 2023 Our road system is badly run, delivering a poor service to all the people struggling to get to work, to drop children off at school and getting to the shops. It... Westminster News
James Pett says - It's time for a change 21st August 2023 James Pett is the Conservative candidate for the Wescott East Wokingham Town Council by-election on Thursday 24 August. He writes: Wokingham is a town that I... Local News
Banks, ticket offices, cash and service 19th August 2023 Some large companies like banks seem intent on getting as out of touch with many customers as nationalised concerns do. Just as the railway faces a hail of... Local News
A Matter of Priorities 16th August 2023 This week Wokingham’s Liberal Democrat led Council has begun a consultation process on proposed cuts to litter bins, street cleaning, and grass cutting. We have... Local News
Wokingham Borough finances 16th August 2023 John Redwood MP and other Conservative MPs helped make the case for proper funding for social care and education which the government responded to this year... Local News
Why are there no good official figures on the costs and benefits of net zero? 15th August 2023 The leading advocates for going faster down the road to net zero assure us it will be good for growth. They tell us about all the new jobs that will be created... Westminster News
Lib Dem led West Berks Council fails to meet own 100 Day Plan 14th August 2023 West Berks District Council's new Lib Dem Administration fails to meet their own 100 Day Plan The new administration is off to a bad start as most of their 100... Local News
Proposed Railway Ticket Office Closures 14th August 2023 John Redwood MP has received the letter below from Transport Focus regarding the extension of the deadline to register their comments about the proposed railway... Local News
To unleash our full potential, we need women more than ever 28th November 2019 On the 100th anniversary of the first female MP taking her seat in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has celebrated the contribution of female... National News
Jeremy Corbyn’s policy of continuing free movement with the EU would cost over £4 billion in benefits 27th November 2019 New analysis has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to continue free movement with EU countries would cost DWP over £4 billion in extra benefit costs over the... National News
Boris Johnson: Poor mobile phone signal will be a thing of the past 27th November 2019 The scourge of poor mobile phone signal in rural areas will be a thing of the past under bold new plans to be fast tracked in the first 100 days of a... National News
New national vaccination reminder system to boost childhood vaccination rates 27th November 2019 A Conservative majority government will introduce a national vaccination reminder system to boost childhood vaccination rates. National News
Tax hikes for the many – new report reveals millions face tax hikes under Labour 26th November 2019 A new official report released by the Conservative Party today, The Twelve Taxes of Labour, shows Labour’s manifesto would mean taxes rising for millions of... National News
Jeremy Corbyn's plan to hold two referendums will take up the whole of 2020 and will cost over £150m 26th November 2019 New analysis has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to hold two referendums in 2020 will take until September 2020 at the very earliest, and that the cost will... National News
