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
How do you best get growth? 2nd February 2023 Capitalism has delivered fantastic growth in choice, incomes, goods and services. People on low incomes today in rich societies enjoy the luxuries of the few of... Westminster News
John Redwood's Interview last night with Dan Wooton on GB News 1st February 2023 My Interview last night with Dan Wooton on GB News Please go to 1:23:38 - 1:30:10 to see my interview on YouTube. Local News
John Redwood's Intervention to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – New Construction Companies 1st February 2023 Building Safety Debate - 30 January 2023 John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con): What actions will the Government take to make it more likely that people will set up... Westminster News
More NHS beds 1st February 2023 John Redwood MP's campaign for more beds in the NHS to expand capacity and help bring the waiting lists down has at last been successful. The government... Local News
Go for Growth says John Redwood 31st January 2023 What is it about cutting tax rates that drives the Treasury mad? Jeremy Hunt says rightly that he wants inflation down, yet his department blocks cuts in VAT... Westminster News
John Redwood's Interview with BBC Radio Berkshire’s Andrew Peach – Hospital Beds 31st January 2023 John Redwood MP was pleased to hear that NHS England will pay for 5,000 more beds and 800 extra ambulances. He has been running a campaign to get more capacity... Local News
Written Answers from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 27th January 2023 John Redwood says: "The answers below show the government is offering substantial support for the energy using industries, but some of this support is a strange... Written Questions News
Burns Supper 26th January 2023 Wokingham Conservatives enjoyed a fantastic evening at the home of Pauline and Norman Jorgensen to celebrate Burns Night last Saturday. John Redwood MP spoke... Local News
Brexit wins 26th January 2023 We voted for Brexit because we once again wanted to live in an independent country. We want our laws and taxes settled in Parliament by MPs that we can vote out... Westminster News
2022 Spring Forum to be hosted in Blackpool 10th July 2020 Conservative Party Co-Chairman, Amanda Milling MP, has today announced the Conservative Party will host its Spring Forum in Blackpool in 2022. National 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