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
My intervention to the Transport Secretary about taxpayer subsidies to the Railways and how Managers could try to keep services running on a strike day 22nd June 2022 Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP (Wokingham) (Con): What has been the monthly rate of taxpayer subsidy to the railways so far this year? What additional flexibilities... Westminster News
Wokingham Conservatives call on Council to lobby for cost of living support 22nd June 2022 Wokingham Borough Council’s Conservative Group is urging the Council’s leadership to press the Government to make all Universal Credit recipients with children... Local News
Better road junctions 20th June 2022 Four of the worst junctions on my way to work in Westminster would be easy to improve. The first is the junction of Millbank with Vauxhall Bridge Road on the... Westminster News
My interventions about the future of Channel 4 20th June 2022 Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP (Wokingham) (Con): Many fine British businesses have grown, flourished and invested far more once being privatised, and I hope that... Westminster News
Easing road congestion 19th June 2022 Road congestion stems from three main causes. In some cases it is a simple lack of capacity for ever growing traffic volumes. Governments accepting large... Westminster News
Why do so many Councils hate vans and cars? 18th June 2022 John Redwood MP writes: "Next week when the effectively nationalised and heavily subsidised railways go on strike more people will need to use a motor vehicle... Local News
New Council administration flunks transparency test again 10th June 2022 New Council administration flunks transparency test again – this time with Council companies The Liberal Democrat-led coalition administration on Wokingham... Local News
John Redwood raises concerns about Unwanted Development 9th June 2022 John Redwood MP made an impassioned speech in the Chamber of the House of Commons about an issue of huge concern to the people of Wokingham – unwanted... Local News
Higher taxes do not bring down deficits or boost investment 6th June 2022 The Chancellor should abandon Labour’s idea of various windfall taxes. In the end consumers have to pay higher taxes levied on business. These extra taxes put... Westminster News
A new deal: getting Brexit done and taking back control 17th October 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has negotiated a new deal – this is a real Brexit deal which ensures that we take back control. This new deal ensures that we take... National News
See where we're hiring police officers in your area 9th October 2019 The Home Office has today confirmed the officer recruitment targets for every police force in England and Wales for the first year of the unprecedented drive to... National News
What Boris Johnson’s proposed Brexit deal means 4th October 2019 As Boris Johnson has rightly said, we are coming out of the EU on October 31, come what may. MPs promised to respect the result of the referendum. More people... National News
Our education policy is improving the nation’s skills 4th October 2019 When Boris Johnson entered Number 10, one of his first acts was to get more money to our education system. That’s why we’re investing £14 billion in schools... National News
We’re ending low pay in work 3rd October 2019 People’s hard work and talents should be rewarded fairly. That has long been a key principle of Conservative government.We have made huge strides in the last... National News
