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
Letter to Transport Secretary about season tickets 23rd June 2021 Dear Grant, I am glad the railway has considered the issue of season tickets and discounts in a new era of flexible working where many full time employees will... Westminster News
Pop up vaccination open to all over 18s in Wokingham Borough 23rd June 2021 We had a great first week, vaccinating 2,650 local people. There are busy periods in the morning and early evening when the queues get a little longer, so if... Local News
My speech during the debate on Planning Decisions: Local Involvement 22nd June 2021 Yesterday Parliament debated the proposed planning changes the government is consulting about. My speech is below. I made two main points. In order to eliminate... Local News
Paying the bills 21st June 2021 I see in the press stories about alleged tensions between the Treasury and the PM’s Office about the magnitude of future bills and the affordability of the... Westminster News
Good to strengthen ties with Commonwealth friends 18th June 2021 The EU and Remain MPs always thought the argument in the U.K. was all about trade. They denied in the U.K. but not elsewhere that the true quest was for ever... Westminster News
Time to trust people more 17th June 2021 Time to trust people more. Time to control people less. John Redwood MP writes: " I joined with others to vote against the measures, and spoke in favour of an... Local News
Bags protect recycling from wettest May in decades 15th June 2021 As the Wokingham Borough Conservatives manifesto promised, we have bold and ambitious plans to achieve our aim for a 70% recycling rate by 2030. It’s part of... Local News
HGV Driving Tests 15th June 2021 My Parliamentary Question on HGV Driving Tests I have received this answer to my recent Parliamentary Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport... Written Questions News
How will governments gain popular buy in for their green revolution? 14th June 2021 Yesterday I launched a pamphlet through Politeia on the ever topical green revolution. In it I asked one central question that governments seem reluctant to ask... Local News
CPC23 Address from Grant Shapps 1st October 2023 Find out what Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Defence, said to CPC23 in Manchester here. National News
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CPC23 Address from Chris Heaton Harris 1st October 2023 Chris Heaton-Harris, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland addressed Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. Find his speech here. National News
