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
Prime Minister’s statement on protecting the Union: Speech in Full 14th September 2020 The Prime Minister sets out the case for the Internal Market Bill, which would secure free trade inside of the United Kingdom once we exit the transition period... National News
UK and Japan agree historic free trade agreement 14th September 2020 This deal will boost trade between our two countries by £15.2 billion, creating jobs and delivering new opportunities across every part of the United Kingdom. National News
We will not compromise on what it means to be an independent and sovereign nation 7th September 2020 National News