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
Public sector output 11th February 2023 The disappointing GDP figure for December was dragged down by a fall in output at Health and Education. There were fewer GP appointments, less test and trace... Westminster News
Better guidelines for growth 9th February 2023 I thought Liz Truss was right to want to break out of low growth and looming recession . I sent her some less expensive proposals for tax cuts and an energy... Westminster News
Ownership for everyone 8th February 2023 In the 1980s I took to Margaret Thatcher the idea of ownership for everyone. She was already a keen exponent of Council house sales, the sale at a discount of a... Westminster News
John Redwood visits Shinfield Studios 7th February 2023 On Friday 3rd February John Redwood MP visited Shinfield Studios in Thames Valley Science Park. Joint Managing Directors Nick Smith and Ian Johnson invited John... Local News
New boundaries proposed for council wards in Wokingham Borough 6th February 2023 The Local Government Boundary Commission wants to hear what residents and local organisations think about the proposals. A 10-week consultation on the proposals... Local News
Cllr Stuart Munro: Financial Check 6th February 2023 Wokingham Borough Council’s Chief Financial Officer has said that the Council’s Finances were in good shape under the previous Conservative administration. This... Local News
The dangers of more state intervention 6th February 2023 Governments of the centre right as of the left have come to accept and recommend a whole range of interventions in the marketplace which do harm for the best of... Westminster News
Conservatives call for clarity 3rd February 2023 In last week’s Wokingham Today newspaper Cllr Andy Croy launched a breathless attack on Wokingham’s Conservative Group, perhaps because he finds his own awkward... Local News
The Bank of England offers no compelling understanding of inflation 3rd February 2023 The Bank of England did not apologise for the massive overshoot in inflation. Hiking interest rates to 4% for no particularly good reason and dodging the big... Westminster News
Boris begins the General Election outside 10 Downing Street 6th November 2019 Read Boris’s full Downing Street speech as he begins the General Election. National News
Boris launches campaign pledging to unleash Britain's potential 6th November 2019 Boris Johnson set out his pitch for the country. Get Brexit done. Focus on our priorities. Unleash Britain’s potential. National News
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A new deal: getting Brexit done and taking back control 17th October 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has negotiated a new deal – this is a real Brexit deal which ensures that we take back control. This new deal ensures that we take... National News
See where we're hiring police officers in your area 9th October 2019 The Home Office has today confirmed the officer recruitment targets for every police force in England and Wales for the first year of the unprecedented drive to... National News
What Boris Johnson’s proposed Brexit deal means 4th October 2019 As Boris Johnson has rightly said, we are coming out of the EU on October 31, come what may. MPs promised to respect the result of the referendum. More people... National News
