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 Council to think again about public litter bins 14th July 2023 John Redwood writes: I am glad to see the Lib Dem Council accepts it was wrong to remove public bins without consulting residents and putting it to the Council... Local News
The costs of illegal migration 13th July 2023 On Monday the government sought to restore some sense to the legislation against illegal migration. It is difficult to comprehend the Lords who watered down the... Westminster News
Wokingham Council is annoying residents 13th July 2023 John Redwood writes: I am getting complaints about the increases in parking charges, the extension of parking charge hours and the failure to mend potholes... Local News
STOP PRESS - WBC Decision to reduce litter bins not made correctly 12th July 2023 Conservatives have been challenging the ridiculous Lib Dem decision to reduce litter bin emptying and remove bins, which the LD exec member announced on 6th of... Local News
Wokingham Borough residents again facing reduced services from Libdem led council 11th July 2023 Wokingham Borough Council’s Conservative Group has hit out at proposals from the Liberal Democrat administration to scrap some public bins and reduce collection... Local News
Interest rates now higher than at the time of Truss budget 10th July 2023 The Bank of England has been up to its old tricks, hiking rates and selling bonds to hike mortgage rates some more. They think taking money away from mortgage... Westminster News
HS2 8th July 2023 I voted against the HS2 project when Parliament made the decision in principle to go ahead. I have always thought it a bad investment. I proposed alternative... Westminster News
My Intervention on Business Questions 7th July 2023 John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con): It would be better to get inflation down by expanding supply, rather than hitting mortgage holders again to get them to spend... Westminster News
Getting inflation down and growth up 7th July 2023 The inflation was brought on as a result of excessive money creation, bond buying and ultra low rates. It was compounded by shortages of energy, food and other... Westminster News
New National Restrictions in England - Stay at Home. Protect the NHS. Save Lives. 1st November 2020 The second coronavirus peak that we have seen around the world has shown us all that we are going to be dealing with the coronavirus for the long-term. National News
An update from the Prime Minister on our fight against coronavirus 31st October 2020 The Prime Minister has updated the country on our next steps in the fight against coronavirus. National News
Our Further Financial Support for Jobs and Businesses 23rd October 2020 We are announcing a package specifically for those businesses which are not forced to close, but face reduced demand due to additional social distancing... National News
How our Culture Recovery Fund is Supporting the Arts 14th October 2020 The Culture Secretary has announced £257 million to help save theatres, arts venues, museums and cultural organisations across England, protecting both jobs and... National News
Boris Johnson’s Update on tackling coronavirus 12th October 2020 We must act now to control the spread of the virus and protect the NHS, so we can keep cancer treatments, elective surgeries and other vital diagnostic services... National News
Conservative Party Conference 2020 speeches 7th October 2020 See speeches from Virtual Conservative Party Conference 2020 outlining how we will build back better from the pandemic. National News
