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
The UK's First Veterans Railcard 22nd January 2020 We're delivering the Veterans Railcard this year, which will open up more opportunities for them and help to improve the lives of their families by giving them... National News
Labour just tried to block Britain leaving the EU AGAIN 10th January 2020 Last night Parliament backed the Prime Minister’s Brexit Deal at its Third Reading, building on our overwhelming mandate to get Brexit done by 31 January and... National News
MPs back the Prime Minister's plan for the UK to leave the EU on 31 January. 20th December 2019 Today MPs voted to back the Prime Minister's plan for the UaK to leave the EU on 31 January. National News
Boris Johnson’s speech outside Downing Street 13th December 2019 Boris Johnson delivered his first speech outside No. 10 Downing Street since the General Election. He told the UK how he would form a people’s Government... National News
Enough is enough. Vote Conservative and let’s get it done. 12th December 2019 In his polling day message to voters, the Prime Minister asks the public to vote Conservative. National News
Cost of Corbyn’s Christmas – Corbyn would make your family Christmas cost a third more 11th December 2019 New analysis has revealed that the cost of Christmas across Britain would increase substantially under Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour. National News
