FROM THE CHAMBER: Debunking the myths – being honest about our Council’s finances
In the face of mounting financial pressures and increasing demand for services, many local authorities are grappling with a harsh reality:
Read moreDetailsIn the face of mounting financial pressures and increasing demand for services, many local authorities are grappling with a harsh reality:
Read moreDetailsAs your executive member for Business, Economic Development, Sport, Leisure, and the Arts I ask you to consider getting on the front foot
Read moreDetailsMany of you will be aware of the untimely death last week of my colleague and friend Paul Fishwick, Wokingham Borough Council's executive member
Read moreDetailsWe have been living through an era of chronic underfunding of public services.
Read moreDetailsThe colder, darker, windy and wet days have certainly made a comeback and it’s time to prepare our dogs – and ourselves – for the winter months. In their latest...
Read moreDetailsDespite Labour's claims to be on the side of working people, their decision to clobber farmers with inheritance tax is going to push up prices
Read moreDetailshomas Hallard Mead was killed in the trenches in July 1916. He was 26 years old.
Read moreDetailsMany working people had a shock last week when the Chancellor delivered her budget.
Read moreDetailsIn January 2025, the Labour government plans to introduce VAT on private school fees, aiming to generate more revenue for public services
Read moreDetailsFirst, some context. Councils like Wokingham, with responsibility for adult and children's social care, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
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