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
Democracy and transparency are important 14th December 2022 Cllr Pauline Jorgensen writes: Democracy and transparency are important, at whatever level of government. For local government, it’s particularly important... Local News
Stopping the small boats 14th December 2022 Yesterday the Prime Minister committed himself and the government to ending illegal migration across the Channel, announcing a series of administrative measures... Westminster News
Debate on Housing Numbers 13th December 2022 John Redwood MP joined in the limited time debate today on housing numbers and the Levelling-up Bill. In advance of this final Commons Report stage John worked... Local News
Managing the Public Sector 13th December 2022 Labour lost office in 1979, when it lost control of the public sector. It’s own trade union friends and supporters created a winter of discontent, with rubbish... Westminster News
Compensation for Postal Managers 12th December 2022 John Redwood MP has pursued the issue of compensation for Postal Managers who were wrongly accused when the new computer system failed to account properly for... Local News
Parliamentary Debate on the Future of BBC Local Radio 12th December 2022 Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP (Wokingham) (Con): I entirely agree with that passionate defence of localism by Rachael Maskell. Local must mean local and we do not... Speeches in Parliament
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury’s Reply to my Written Parliamentary Question 8th December 2022 I am concerned about the decline in self employment and have been an opponent of the IR 35 tax treatments as amended in 2017 and 2021. I have asked what impact... Written Questions News
Housing numbers for Wokingham 8th December 2022 John Redwood MP is pleased to report the government has listened to the arguments that he and other MPs put to allow more local decision taking on the crucial... Local News
Innovation and productivity 7th December 2022 In his speech to the CBI Annual Conference the Prime Minister called for more innovation and better productivity advances. He is right that innovation can... Westminster 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
Meet our new MPs: Dr Kieran Mullan, Crewe and Nantwich 25th June 2020 Meet Dr Kieran Mullan, the new MP for Crewe and Nantwich. National News
The Prime Minister’s Update on One-Metre Plus and the fight against COVID-19 24th June 2020 The Prime Minister has set out further changes to lockdown measures in England to enable people to see more of their friends and family, help businesses get... National News
