Politics

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,...

A SONNING school welcomed a special guest last Friday – the Prime Minister. Maidenhead MP Theresa May, whose constituency includes Reading Blue Coat School, took time out from her Brexit...

SEVEN new names for Peach Place are expected to be revealed by Wokingham Borough Council shortly and high street fashion stores are also interested in coming to the new Wokingham...

DAYS after Wokingham shoppers once again expressed their frustration with the Prime Minister’s handling of Brexit, one of the borough’s four MPs has said her refusal to meet with him...