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
Pauline Jorgensen: Clive's claims 9th June 2023 Cllr Pauline Jorgensen writes: I read with interest Cllr Clive Jones’s article in Wokingham Today earlier in May in which he described his first act as Leader... Local News
John Redwood's Interview with Talk TV 7th June 2023 Please see John Redwood MP's interview with Talk TV where they discussed the need for tax cuts, scrapping IR35 and inheritance tax. You can find it between 2:09... Westminster News
The Covid Enquiry 7th June 2023 John Redwood MP writes: I am quite happy for any of my emails, texts and other messages received by Ministers and the NHS during covid to be considered and... Westminster News
New Funding for Wokingham Borough 1st June 2023 Recently there have been a range of announcements of new funding for Wokingham Borough from the Conservatives in Central Government. This targeted investment... Local News
Inflation and Growth 31st May 2023 John Redwood MP writes: So the Bank of England has done it again. Just like last autumn, they have let it be known they might want to sell more bonds at big... Westminster News
More potholes and worse potholes 30th May 2023 John Redwood MP writes: This weekend when I did one of my regular visits around the constituency I found trying to steer round the bigger potholes was getting... Local News
Protecting the Greenbelt 26th May 2023 Many people in towns and cities during the Covid Lockdowns craved open spaces, especially those with little or no gardens. In Wokingham we are lucky enough to... Local News
Bin Collections 24th May 2023 Cllr Norman Jorgensen writes: don’t know about you, but this week has really felt like Summer is threatening to burst forth. As the sun has been popping out, I... Local News
Six new Conservative Councillors elected to Earley Town council 22nd May 2023 We were delighted to see six Conservative councillors elected to Earley Town Council and would like to thank all the residents who voted for us. We are keen to... Local News
Read the Queen's Coronavirus address in full 6th April 2020 The Queen speaks to the nation about the challenges we are facing as a country in the weeks ahead. National News
Boris Johnson invites Party leaders to come together to tackle Coronavirus 4th April 2020 Boris Johnson has written to all leaders of opposition parties to invite them to work together at this moment of national emergency. National News
Party Co-Chairman Amanda Milling responds to Labour leadership election result 4th April 2020 Amanda Milling responds to Keir Starmer's election as leader of the Labour Party. National News
The Prime Minister's letter on Coronavirus: Stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives. 30th March 2020 Read the Prime Minister’s guidance everyone should follow and the measures the government has put in place to fight Coronavirus. National News
The Government's Coronavirus support package for the self-employed 27th March 2020 The Chancellor has announced a new Self-Employed Income Support Scheme – helping many of our country’s self-employed workers. National News
Your NHS needs you – how to become an NHS Volunteer Responder 25th March 2020 The NHS has issued a call for volunteers to support the 1.5 million extremely vulnerable people in our society. Here’s how to take part. National News
