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
Wokingham's Finances: Exposing Liberal Incompetence 27th March 2024 by Pauline Jorgensen, Leader of the Wokingham Conservative Group In my column in Wokingham Today on 2nd February, I said: “It’s right that any administration... Articles
John Redwood MP welcomes boost to police funding from the Conservative Government to cut crime and keep people safe across the Thames Valley 21st December 2023 John Redwood MP welcomes boost to police funding from the Conservative Government to cut crime and keep people safe across the Thames Valley Having delivered on... Local News
John Redwood MP welcomes funding boost for schools in Wokingham as the Conservative Government brings school funding to its highest level in history 21st December 2023 John Redwood MP has welcomed the news that schools in England are set to benefit from record funding as England’s core school budget reaches almost £60 billion... Local News
John Redwood MP welcomes cost of living support from the Conservative Government for pensioner households in Wokingham 21st December 2023 John Redwood MP has welcomed the arrival of the Winter Fuel Payments and Pensioner Cost of Living Payments for pensioner households in Wokingham worth up to... Local News
Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Barber, urges parents not to buy e-scooters for their children this Christmas 21st December 2023 E-scooters are increasingly being used as a mode of transport despite the fact that it is illegal to use a privately-owned e-scooter on public roads, pavements... Local News
Support with the cost of living 20th December 2023 Conservatives have continued to deliver on our promise to reduce inflation, giving families the immediate relief they need and putting more money back into the... Local News
Interventions in the International Health Regulations 2005 e-petition 20th December 2023 1. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con): Does my hon. Friend share my concern about the lack of accountability? We are having an extensive and public examination of... Speeches in Parliament
John Redwood's Speech in the International Health Regulations 2005 e-petition 20th December 2023 John Redwood: I hope that the Minister will listen very carefully to the debate and the petitioners, because it would be a grave error were the Government to... Speeches in Parliament
The Bank of England faces new critics 19th December 2023 I am no longer a lonely voice complaining about the failure of the Bank of England to keep inflation down, nor in arguing about excessive tightening by selling... Westminster News
Rishi Sunak's Plan for Jobs: Speech in Full 9th July 2020 Our plan for jobs is about supporting people to find the jobs that are out there, creating new jobs through investing in our infrastructure and housing, and... National News
What Eat Out to Help Out actually means for you 8th July 2020 At a time when businesses need support, the new Eat Out to Help Out scheme is a targeted investment in our hospitality sector, providing discounts of up to 50%... National News
Our Plan for Jobs: Our £30bn investment in Britain 8th July 2020 Today the Chancellor announced our Plan for Jobs, worth up to £30 billion, to kickstart the economy and help create, support, and protect jobs across the United... National News
Our record-breaking package of support for UK arts and culture sector 6th July 2020 Today we have announced a world-leading £1.57 billion package of emergency grants and loans to protect Britain’s world-class cultural, arts and heritage... National News
Boris Johnson unveils a New Deal for Britain 30th June 2020 The Prime Minister this morning set out our ‘New Deal’, an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild Britain across the UK, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure... National News
Meet our new MPs: Dr Kieran Mullan, Crewe and Nantwich 25th June 2020 Meet Dr Kieran Mullan, the new MP for Crewe and Nantwich. National News