I am disappointed but not surprised that John Redwood has taken the position of defending the government above supporting the council and local residents
New Home Office statistics have revealed that a shocking 6,123 burglaries went unsolved across Thames Valley in the year ending June 2023. This is equivalent to 17 burglaries going unsolved in Thames Valley every single day.
A big thank you to all those residents who have already written to their MP and to Michael Gove, the secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, to support Wokingham Borough Council's campaign for fair funding from central government.
The government has not transferred any money to the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust to invest in the area’s promised new hospital
Clive Jones, the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Wokingham, calls on Thames Water to crack down on excessive pay
Wokingham Lib Dems call for an expansion of community diagnostic centres and the legal right to see your GP in seven days.
Politics is too often focused on the short term. For many of those involved, at national and local levels, the aim is simply to be in a good position to win the next election.
Many of our residents are struggling to pay for basic essentials in the current cost of living crisis. Those hit particularly hard are often carers, pensioners, disabled people, those living alone and young families.
Wokingham Borough Council's executive councillors and its senior officers are determined to avoid the fate of other councils that have gone under in the current financial crisis. The cost of failure is high: the government appoints commissioners to run t