“We inherited the budget from the previous administration, with challenging levels of inflation. We had to make changes and savings as we went,” she said. “We have kept the council solvent and prepared it for the years to come."
THE COUNCIL is to have a customer experience strategy for the first time. Cllr Sarah Kerr, the executive member for climate emergency and residents services, introduced a report ahead of a public consultation on the subject.
Readers of Wokingham Today will, by now, be familiar with the financial challenges facing councils across the land, regardless of the colour of their political leadership.
WOKINGHAM Borough Council is backing a campaign by local businesses and Wokingham Today to set up a town banking hub.
Every pound we save elsewhere reduces the pressure on services that make a real difference to those for whom daily life is an ongoing struggle.
Cllr Caroline Smith was voted in as mayor at the annual town council meeting held last month, with Cllr Melanie De Jong as her deputy.
MAJOR reforms are needed says Wokingham Borough Council after discovering a potential 11-year delay to a solar power scheme designed to save Wokingham borough money and generate clean energy.
THE COUNCIL has set out its plans for sponsorship agreements in a bid to boost income.
Residents can reduce their carbon footprint and save on energy bills with a scheme being launched to make it easier and cheaper to install solar panels.