Protect Wokingham's Green Belt and Green Spaces Tuesday, 28 July, 2026 The Green Belt is vital for preserving the character of local towns, supporting wildlife, and preventing urban sprawl. Wokingham Borough Council's recent call for sites is part of its build-out of a new Local Plan. We urge the council to prioritise brownfield sites, ensure infrastructure supports new developments, and involve communities in safeguarding our green spaces. Development should only... Local News
Free trade and the retreat from globalisation 3rd February 2021 I accept the theory of free trade, that all nations would be richer if they traded freely with each other. Successive rounds of GATT followed by the work of the... Westminster News
More urgency needed to rebuild our fishing fleet 2nd February 2021 Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take urgent steps to help expand the UK fishing fleet. (142753)... Written Questions News
Fantastic progress building new activity centre at Dinton 2nd February 2021 Dinton Pastures' new multi-million pound activity centre reached a major milestone on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 January, as modules were lifted into place at... Local News
Great news of a second rapid test centre for keyworkers 2nd February 2021 Thames Valley Park will be home to Conservative-led Wokingham Borough Council’s second rapid testing centre from this week; enabling even more keyworkers to... Local News
Solidarity 1st February 2021 The Archbishop of Canterbury tells us solidarity is at the heart of Christianity. That’s not the Word the Bible uses. The origins of solidarity in modern... Westminster News
The curious case of the car industry 29th January 2021 Remain MPs over the last few years have endlessly warned us that were the UK to end up with a 10% tariff on cars into the EU it would mean job losses and... Westminster News
President Biden turns the USA green 29th January 2021 Amidst the welter of new Executive Orders and statements of intent coming from the White House, there are several aiming to make the USA a global leader in the... Westminster News
Thames Valley Police bolstered by 258 extra police officers 28th January 2021 Wokingham Conservatives have welcomed the announcement that Thames Valley has been bolstered by an additional 258 officers since the Government launched the... Local News
Spending and value for money 28th January 2021 I have always stressed when saying we can afford to borrow to offset the damage done by anti pandemic policies to the economy that we should not waste money or... Local News
Boris Johnson won the first Leaders' Debate 20th November 2019 Tonight Boris Johnson set out the choice facing voters at this election – a majority Government that can get Brexit done so the country can move on, or yet... National News
“We will empower police to tackle scourge of violent knife crime,” pledges PM 19th November 2019 A Boris Johnson majority government would take a tough new approach to tackling knife crime and serious violence. National News
Life will mean life for child murderers 19th November 2019 Adults who murder children will be imprisoned for life, without parole, under tough new justice plans to be introduced by a Conservative majority Government. National News
Corbyn’s Pension Tax to cost savers £11,000 and force millions to delay retirement 18th November 2019 New analysis of Corbyn’s tax raid on pensions reveals that 10 million savers could lose an average of over £11,000 and be forced to delay retirement by almost... National News
Labour’s Brexit Policy: Even More Chaos and Indecision 18th November 2019 As per usual, Labour are only offering more talk, more delay and more indecision on Brexit. National News
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's CBI Conference speech 18th November 2019 Read the Prime Minister's speech from the CBI Conference here. National News
