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
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
The choice tomorrow 11th December 2019 With voting to begin at 7am on Thursday, opinion polls say the election is too close to call - the Conservatives need 9 more seats for a majority, but... National News
Vote on Thursday to break the gridlock 10th December 2019 Two days before polling day, the Prime Minister is taking nothing for granted - whilst the Conservatives only need to gain 9 seats to get an overall majority... National News
Cost of Corbyn: Labour's plans for 108 new taxpayer funded quangos revealed 10th December 2019 New analysis shows that Labour’s manifesto commits to creating over 100 new quangos, with a total cost of £13.2 billion over the next five years. National News
Brexit, actually 9th December 2019 Boris Johnson's funny election advert parodies Love Actually but makes an important point: this election is too close to call. National News
Revealed: Labour’s plan to make our streets less safe 9th December 2019 Labour’s opposition to stop and search would increase crime on our streets, putting frontline officers and communities at risk. National News
