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
Helping people buy a home 2nd July 2022 We read the government is thinking of fifty year cross generational mortgages to help people buy a home. They also need to look at supply/demand balances. Most... Westminster News
John Redwood MP's interventions in the Opposition Day debate on the Delivery of Public Services 1st July 2022 Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP (Wokingham) (Con): Does the right hon. Member agree with me that if you wish to improve service you do not go on strike and if you... Speeches in Parliament
John Redwood MP's interventions in the debate on the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill 1st July 2022 Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP (Wokingham) (Con): I congratulate the Foreign Secretary on her very patient and good diplomacy. Will she confirm that this very... Speeches in Parliament
Wokingham’s Lib Dem-led coalition won’t commit to keeping weekly bin collection 1st July 2022 Wokingham Borough Council’s Liberal Democrat-led coalition administration has refused to commit to keeping a long-standing policy of weekly bin collection, even... Local News
Net zero, inflation and energy security 1st July 2022 Worldwide advanced country governments are committed to the road to net zero by 2050. Their plan at Glasgow COP 26 was to speed progress. The sudden invasion of... Westminster News
Boom and bust from the Treasury and Bank 29th June 2022 History shows us that Treasury and Bank advice for the last fifty years has been poor, or in some cases Treasury advisers failed to prevent Chancellors making... Westminster News
Wokingham Borough Conservatives demand action on bus services 28th June 2022 Opposition councillors in Wokingham Borough are calling on the Council’s administration to implement a Conservative plan to save local bus services. Expressing... Local News
Where have all the new Conservative voters gone – and why? 28th June 2022 John Redwood MP writes: Some Conservatives are taking heart from the fact that in Wakefield and Honiton Conservatives stayed away rather than switching to... Articles
More productivity, higher pay 27th June 2022 Most governments want higher productivity, or say they do. most grasp that if you get people to produce more goods or services in a working week you collect... Westminster News
Ed Miliband falsely claiming to back Brexit to his leave voting constituents 28th November 2019 On the day it emerged that Labour are relaunching their general election campaign strategy to focus on leave voting areas, it can be revealed that their former... National News
Conservatives to launch new plan to tackle addiction 28th November 2019 A Conservative majority Government will launch a new initiative to drive down drug related deaths and tackle addiction head on, Health Secretary Matt Hancock... National News
To unleash our full potential, we need women more than ever 28th November 2019 On the 100th anniversary of the first female MP taking her seat in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has celebrated the contribution of female... National 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
