Politics

Towards the local plan with Cllr John Halsall, leader of Wokingham Borough Council In previous weeks, I’ve explained what the Local Plan is, why we need to put one together,...

Cllr John Halsall said Wokingham Borough Council's climate emergency action plan report is something to be proud of.

From the chamber with Cllr David Hare For many years people have been angry at the fact that most of an individual’s savings can be taken away for Social care...

WOKINGHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL will ‘start to come back to life’ from the autumn, according to leader John Halsall. Since lockdown, many of its staff members have been working from home,...

Thursday’s full council meeting will continue to be a hybrid format, despite the government relaxing rules on indoor gatherings. During the pandemic, Wokingham Borough Council has organised virtual meetings which...

Towards the Local Plan By Cllr John Halsall In last week’s column, I explained that the Council has a requirement to produce a new Local Plan to decide where new...

ONE OF the borough’s MPs has asked the health secretary what evidence he has used to drop covid restrictions on Monday. James Sunderland, whose Bracknell constituency includes Crowthorne, Wokingham Without...

WOKINGHAM borough's young people made their voices heard at the first Youth Council meeting last week. On Tuesday, July 6, the new group held its inaugural meeting with a welcome...

THERE is no chance of Wokingham Borough Council following neighbouring Slough into halting all non-essential spending according to leader John Halsall. On Friday, July 2, Slough Borough Council announced it...

By Matt Rodda, MP for Reading East One of the issues which, rightly, most exercises parliament continues to be the inadequate response from Government to the tragedy that happened at...