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
Consultation on electricity regulation 31st August 2022 The UK government has recently published a consultation document on possible reform of the management and regulation of the UK electricity industry. The UK fell... Westminster News
Making energy cheaper 30th August 2022 The Liz Truss team has said they want to ease the energy squeeze. They like the ideas of lower taxes and the removal of needless or excessively costly... Westminster News
The public sector could save some energy to help us out 28th August 2022 Facing a winter of scarce energy the public sector could help us out by cutting its own substantial demands. This would save us money as taxpayers and leave... Westminster News
John Redwood's Letter to Leader of Wokingham Council about highways consultation 26th August 2022 Letter to Leader of Wokingham Council about highways consultation Dear Clive Thank you for extending the period of this consultation. It is important more... Local News
Choice not Compulsion... 25th August 2022 First thoughts of the new Conservative Leader - Cllr Pauline Jorgensen It’s been an interesting time as Leader of the Conservative group since the Lib/Lab... Local News
How high is UK state debt? 82.9% or 95.5% of national income? 25th August 2022 John Redwood MP writes: The Treasury and most commentators are mesmerized by UK state debt at 95.5% of GDP, the official figure which appears in the ONS monthly... Westminster News
Deficits and growth 22nd August 2022 John Redwood MP writes One of the features of the OBR/Treasury model that works badly is the ability to forecast the all important public sector deficit or... Westminster News
John Redwood calls for extension to infrastructure improvement consultation 19th August 2022 John Redwood MP has this morning ( 19 August) written to the Leader of Wokingham Borough Council Cllr Clive Jones calling for an extension to the consultation... Local News
Wokingham borough’s sports and leisure centres benefit residents 18th August 2022 By Cllr Norman Jorgensen As the Executive Member for Leisure responsible for initiating the Carnival Hub project five years ago, I was excited to be shown round... Local News
Delivering Net Zero 20th September 2023 Rishi Sunak has outlined a new way to get to Net Zero. National News
Labour’s open border policy = 100,000 more migrants 14th September 2023 Keir Starmer and Labour would let 100,000 more illegal migrants into Britain. National News
How we’re backing childcare 25th August 2023 Find out about many of the initiatives we are backing to give every child the best start in life. National News
A new anti-corruption strategy 15th August 2023 The Conservatives are developing a new anti-corruption strategy to tackle this heinous problem. National News
We must ensure that immigration crime doesn’t pay 14th August 2023 We are tackling the people who benefit from employing and renting to illegal immigrants. National News
4 million more people in work 17th July 2023 4 Million more people in work – the Conservatives are growing the economy. National News
