Politics

WOKINGHAM parents who signed a petition on changes to childcare vouchers have helped generate a parliamentary debate on the issue. Taking place on Monday, January 15, the debate explores the...

PLANS for a brand new primary school, nursery and community centre in north Wokingham were put on hold by the council’s planning committee last week. Wokingham Borough Council’s deputy leader...

A FESTIVE fairy tale by John Redwood, one of Wokingham’s four MPs, has met with a mixed reaction on social media. The story offers an EU-flavoured twist on Red Riding...

RESIDENTS keen to know more about the regeneration of a housing development in Finchampstead are being encouraged to visit a new drop-in surgery. A steering group for the new Gorse...

WOKINGHAM MP John Redwood is facing calls to resign following a newspaper article in which the staunch Brexiter appeared to encourage readers to invest in European banks over the UK....

WOKINGHAM Borough Council has launched two public consultations as part of two-year process of setting the 2019/20 budget. They focus on highways and transport, and the budget. Council leader Cllr...

A TENANT has been agreed for Peach Place, but due to commercial confidentiality, Wokingham Borough Council can’t say who it is yet. The Executive voted to approve the application for...

MOVING Winnersh’s allotments was queried by Cllr Rachelle Shepherd-DuBey at the Executive meeting held on Thursday, October 26. She asked Cllr Norman Jorgensen: “What made you think that asking to...

WE MUST talk up the town. That was the message from the executive member for regeneration. Cllr Stuart Munro made the comments when replying to a question from Cllr Imogen...

PARENTS from Wokingham borough joined more than a thousand others as part of a lobby to MPs over school budget cuts last week. Angry parents descended on Westminster for a...