Politics

THE threat of terrorism means that the council cannot reveal details of its plans for reservoir emergencies. Cllr Parry Batth, the executive member for environment and leisure, was responding to...

THE AMOUNT of affordable housing in the Elms Field development was queried by resident Peter Humphreys at the virtual meeting of Wokingham Borough Council, held on Thursday, March 18. He...

Leader of Wokingham Liberal Democrats, Cllr Lindsay Ferris, has unveiled manifesto pledges for the upcoming local elections.

By Cllr Sarah Kerr Creative industries contributed £111 billion to the UK economy in 2018, a 7.4% increase on the previous year.  This means that at the time, growth in...

TAXI DRIVERS across the borough have been struggling through the pandemic. And a licence fee hike hasn’t helped. More than 20% of Hackney Carriage drivers have handed in their licence...

BRACKNELL MP James Sunderland last week chaired the first meeting of the a new parliamentary committee looking at the role of the armed forces. It will consider evidence on range...

FROM THE CHAMBER With Cllr Pauline Jorgensen Potholes. It’s a real frustration for so many residents in the Borough, myself included. Not only can they cause damage to cars and...

Budget day is always an important day in the political calendar. We learn what the Government’s priorities will be for the year ahead. Normally the chamber of the House of...

PLANS to bring some outsourced council services back in house will be debated next week. An extraordinary meeting of Wokingham Borough Council’s executive has been convened for 5.30pm on Thursday,...

One of the professional institutions that I am a member of, the Chartered Institute of Highways and Transport, last week published the results of a poll it had conducted with...