Politics

PROPOSALS to see 1,600 homes built every year across Wokingham borough mean that residents are facing an existential threat and a dystopian future – with just two weeks left to...

THE AMOUNT that Wokingham Borough Council is borrowing was a concern raised by opposition councillors at a virtual meeting of Wokingham Borough Council. Held online on Thursday, September 17, the...

WOKINGHAM is to receive new recycling sacks aimed at reducing the amount of wet cardboard sent to landfills.  A special meeting of the executive committee – Wokingham Borough Council’s ruling...

By Cllr Sarah Kerr When it comes to tackling both climate change and air pollution, it’s important to be pragmatic, particularly when you’re a local authority.  There is a lot...

RESIDENTS will be allowed to have their say at virtual planning meetings from this month. Cllr Rachelle Shepherd-DuBey, Liberal Democrat lead for planning said the decision would restore democracy to...

THE LEADER of Wokingham Liberal Democrats is calling for residents to lobby the Government over housing numbers. Cllr Lindsay Ferris believes the planning white paper announced at the start of...

GOVERNMENT plans to dump more than 1,600 new homes a year on Wokingham borough have been labelled as ‘mystifying’ by a Wokingham councillor. A new white paper is proposing to...

Bracknell MP James Sunderland tells PHIL CREIGHTON how life has changed over the past 12 months …  and looks at what lies ahead "THIS time last year, I was on...

A FORMER leader of Wokingham Borough Council has died. Frank Browne was just 48. He was in charge between 2002 and 2009, stepping down not just from leadership but the...

THE ABILITY OF the planning department to act on the climate emergency was questioned at last week’s borough council executive meeting. Cllr Gary Cowan asked Cllr Wayne Smith, executive member...