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
Police Forces Bolstered Across England and Wales 30th July 2020 We have announced that over 4,300 police officers have joined the police since we launched our major recruitment drive in September 2019. National News
One Year On: Delivering on the people's priorities 24th July 2020 A year ago today the Prime Minister stood on the steps of 10 Downing Street for the first time, and set out his vision for how we would unite and level up... National News
A pay rise for public sector workers 21st July 2020 We’ve announced that almost 900,000 public sector workers, including doctors, teachers and police officers, will see above-inflation pay rises. National News
Meet our new MPs: Jo Gideon, Stoke-on-Trent Central 16th July 2020 Our new MPs represent the future of our Party. Read here to meet Jo Gideon, our new MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central. National News
Matt Hancock answers your questions 13th July 2020 Your questions answered by Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. National News
2022 Spring Forum to be hosted in Blackpool 10th July 2020 Conservative Party Co-Chairman, Amanda Milling MP, has today announced the Conservative Party will host its Spring Forum in Blackpool in 2022. National News