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From the Leader: Calling on the strength of our community
With so many alarming developments on the international stage in the last few weeks, it seems more important than ever to count our blessings.
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From the Chamber: Building a Borough where everyone can thrive
We want Wokingham Borough to be a place where everyone can thrive. This is what we aim for with the Wokingham Communities Vision. But right now, not everyone has the same chance to thrive.
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From the Chamber: Good news from Children's Services
It is great to be in the position to share several pieces of good news from Children’s Services.
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From the Leader: People Power in Action
In the past, the council produced strategies and then consulted on them. The idea of the Communities Vision is to bring in the public at the beginning, rather than the end.
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Wokingham Lib Dems attend party Conference in Harrogate
A number of Wokingham Town and Borough councillors attended and contributed to the Lib Dem spring party conference in Harrogate at the weekend (21-23 March).
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Parking charges motion amended
Liberal Democrats joined councillors of other parties in supporting the principle of not charging for car parking at sports facilities, but made clear that pressure on the council’s finances would…
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Wokingham Borough Council to oppose Chinese Super-Embassy
A motion proposed by Liberal Democrat Councillor, Andy NG Siu-hong, calling for the council to write to the Deputy Prime Minister opposing the plans for a “super-embassy” of the Chinese Communist…
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From the Leader: Reasons to be Positive
We could all do with some good news, so I thought it might help if I listed just a few of the borough council’s recent successes.
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From the Chamber: Thank you to our Library Volunteers
Could you help in your local library? Recent years have seen severe and increasing pressure on all local authority budgets, including Wokingham’s. The help of volunteers in our libraries is now…
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From the Chamber: what does the council do for me?
Most of the day-to-day contacts we get as Councillors relate to potholes, streetlights and grass cutting, which in financial terms are actually quite a small part of the services we provide.
