Politics

ALMOST 12,000 local residents - at the time of writing - had added their voice to a petition set up aimed at keeping the UK in the European Union. After...

AHEAD of a national protest in London on Saturday, supporters of the European Union gathered in Winnersh to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. Members of Berkshire in Europe, which is campaigning...

Days before hundreds of thousands of people are expected to march in London demanding a second referendum, a local MP said tonight that it would not happen. Maidenhead MP Theresa...

Reading East MP Matt Rodda Brexit continues to be a difficult issue, with further votes in Parliament this week showing how it is hard to get agreement for a way...

NOT calling an independent inquiry into a long-running legal case finally settled in the High Court has been called “pathetic”. In January, Wokingham Borough Council lost an appeal called after...

PARLIAMENT emphatically rejected Theresa May’s Brexit deal on Tuesday evening. Now plans are being made for a special pro-EU gathering aimed at raising awareness of a campaign for a second...

Last Thursday, as Leader of the Liberal Democrats I had the privilege of submitting a fully costed Amendment as an alternative to the ruling Groups Budget. As has been the...

CAMPAIGNERS are urging residents to block a second attempt to build a huge housing development on a popular green site. Gladman Developments has re-applied to put 216 houses on Woodcray...

WOKINGHAM MP Sir John Redwood held a meeting with Post Office bosses last week in a bid to save the Broad Street branch. He was joined for the meeting by...

CONGESTION in busy towns was raised in parliament last week by one of the borough’s four MPs. Reading East’s Matt Rodda – whose constituency includes parts of Woodley and Earley,...