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
John Redwood visits Floreat Montague Primary School 28th September 2021 John Redwood MP visited Floreat Montague Primary School on Friday 24 September. He met and talked to a number of pupils, and his visit was hosted by the Chair... Local News
Buying petrol and diesel 26th September 2021 As someone who has kept away from filling stations for the last week as I still have some diesel in my tank it is worrying to see such long queues of people... Westminster News
The need for more UK electricity generation 26th September 2021 I was pleased to hear that the government is about to order or plan more nuclear power capacity. They need to. The UK currently generates around 15% of the... Westminster News
Parliament, the people and Brexit: a rare retrospect 25th September 2021 For years I faced a barrage of criticism from some for staying with the Conservative party and not joining UKIP or later the Brexit party . I explained... Westminster News
How planning can tackle climate change 23rd September 2021 Cllr Gregor Murray, Executive member for Climate Emergency Wokingham Borough Council writes part 6 in a series on tackling the Climate Emergency "When I first... Local News
How could we provide more gas storage? 22nd September 2021 The government does need to win the green argument about gas. Much as it wishes it were otherwise, households and industry are going to continue to burn large... Westminster News
COUNCIL CONSULTS ON CHANGES TO CAR PARKS TO TACKLE ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR 21st September 2021 Wokingham Borough Council is seeking to change the way it runs its car parks to make it easier to tackle anti-social behaviour (ASB) in them. There have been... Local News
John Redwood MP on the Wokingham Arts trail 21st September 2021 John Redwood MP enjoyed the Wokingham Arts trail around the town on Sunday 19 September. There was an impressive array of paintings, needlework, glass work and... Local News
Our energy policy should start with keeping the lights on and the factories powered up 21st September 2021 We are living with a desperate shortage of energy. Successive governments and Ministers have ignored the need to ensure adequate supplies of electricity and... Westminster 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
This was what the Prime Minister said live at Conference 2nd October 2019 It’s great to be here in Manchester at the best attended conference for years, and I gather there was quite a lively mood last night in the hotel bars.And I... National News
