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
Written Answers from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Regarding Wind 6th January 2023 These answers reveal a worry about discussing the magnitude of special payments to renewable generators, and confirms that there are too many days when wind... Written Questions News
The battle over recession 5th January 2023 In the summer I and a few others warned the government and advised the Truss campaign that then economic policy was going to take us into recession. Official... Westminster News
Police and Crime Commissioner review aims to improve support for victims of crime 4th January 2023 Matthew Barber, Police & Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley, has today (4/1) published findings of his internal review into the provision of victim’s services... Local News
Written Answers from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Regarding Oil and Gas 4th January 2023 The Department which is meant to be increasing UK gas output to displace imports is still very reluctant to talk about what it and its quangos are doing to make... Written Questions News
Conservatives making West Berkshire a great place to live 3rd January 2023 2022 Review by Councillor Lynne Doherty, Leader of West Berkshire Council We Care for our Communities Our Offer of Support Distributed ARG Grants of up to £25k... Local News
A & E and NHS management 3rd January 2023 Yesterday when senior medics connected to the NHS warned of a crisis in A and E the BBC World at One programme did interview a senior manager from NHS Scotland... Westminster News
John Redwood's New Year message 1st January 2023 2023 could promise much. It will be the year when inflation falls from the unacceptable peaks of 2022. It should be the year when we put lockdowns and special... Local News
Proposed changes to National Planning Policy 23rd December 2022 John Redwood has received the letter below from the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Dear colleague, Proposed changes to National... Local News
A tale of our inflationary times 23rd December 2022 John Redwood shares a story: Once upon a time there were three little Central piggy banks. Or to be more accurate, at three very different times three little... Westminster News
Jeremy Corbyn’s policy of continuing free movement with the EU would cost over £4 billion in benefits 27th November 2019 New analysis has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to continue free movement with EU countries would cost DWP over £4 billion in extra benefit costs over the... National News
Boris Johnson: Poor mobile phone signal will be a thing of the past 27th November 2019 The scourge of poor mobile phone signal in rural areas will be a thing of the past under bold new plans to be fast tracked in the first 100 days of a... National News
New national vaccination reminder system to boost childhood vaccination rates 27th November 2019 A Conservative majority government will introduce a national vaccination reminder system to boost childhood vaccination rates. National News
Tax hikes for the many – new report reveals millions face tax hikes under Labour 26th November 2019 A new official report released by the Conservative Party today, The Twelve Taxes of Labour, shows Labour’s manifesto would mean taxes rising for millions of... National News
Jeremy Corbyn's plan to hold two referendums will take up the whole of 2020 and will cost over £150m 26th November 2019 New analysis has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to hold two referendums in 2020 will take until September 2020 at the very earliest, and that the cost will... National News
Conservatives ask Labour - will you get Brexit done? 25th November 2019 Conservative candidates across the country have today written to their Labour opponents asking them to confirm where they stand on Brexit and whether they will... National News
