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
Let’s get Vaccinated 16th February 2022 For everyone that isn’t an international tennis star, here is a piece of great news, just announced by Wokingham Borough Council. For more than four months... Local News
Robust, balanced budget for Wokingham Borough 9th February 2022 This past year has been tough for everyone, and the Covid-19 pandemic has affected us all, with the impact being felt far and wide locally. Conservative-led... Local News
Can the new Downing Street deliver? 7th February 2022 I look forward to seeing how the constitutional innovation of an MP becoming Head of the PM’s office instead of a career civil servant works out. It builds on... Westminster News
You can interfere too much 5th February 2022 Time was when Conservatives opposed price controls. They offer only temporary relief from higher prices. They put business off investing more in increasing... Westminster News
My questions to Ministers at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 4th February 2022 The government declined to answer some of these important questions about energy and industrial competitiveness. They failed to acknowledge how much cheaper US... Written Questions News
John Redwood MP visits the Code Ninjas 2nd February 2022 On Saturday John Redwood MP visited the Code Ninjas class for young people to learn how to write computer code whilst playing some computer games and meeting... Local News
Poverty and inequality have no place in our Borough 1st February 2022 At the recent meeting of the Wokingham Borough Council Cllr John Kaiser Executive member for finance and housing ( and Member for Barkham) had good news to... Local News
£50 Million Funding Announcement for Dentistry 31st January 2022 John Redwood MP has received the below letter from Maria Caulfield, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Primary Care and Patient Safety at the Department... Local News
The Bank of England plunges us into inflation 22nd January 2022 The Establishment tells us the Bank of England is independent. They remind us that the Bank is charged by law to control the creation of money and the rate of... Westminster News
Boris Johnson’s Update on tackling coronavirus 12th October 2020 We must act now to control the spread of the virus and protect the NHS, so we can keep cancer treatments, elective surgeries and other vital diagnostic services... National News
Conservative Party Conference 2020 speeches 7th October 2020 See speeches from Virtual Conservative Party Conference 2020 outlining how we will build back better from the pandemic. National News
Conservative Party Conference 2020: Day 4 6th October 2020 This Government is working night and day to repel coronavirus. And we'll succeed due to the energy and self-sacrifice of the British people. And as we recover... National News
Boris Johnson: Read the Prime Minister’s Keynote Speech in full 6th October 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson on how the Conservative Party will get us to Build Back Better from coronavirus and how he will be leading a green industrial... National News
Conservative Party Conference 2020: Day 3 5th October 2020 Top stories from Conservative Party Conference 2020 Day 3 (5th October), including Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, on the source of hope for society... National News
Rishi Sunak: Read the Chancellor’s Keynote Speech in full 5th October 2020 Chancellor Rishi Sunak on how the Conservative Party has supported the economy through coronavirus and how he will be supporting us to build back better. National News
