Politics

THE GREEN BELT won’t be built on promises local MP Theresa May – in an interview in today’s Sunday Times. The Maidenhead MP, whose constituency includes Woodley, Twyford, Hare Hatch,...

MOTORISTS fed up with Wokingham’s traffic misery have launched a petition calling on the borough council to take action. As we revealed last week, the closure of a section of...

TRAFFIC WARDENS will be issuing tickets across the borough from Monday and the range of fines that people will be charged has been released by Wokingham Borough Council. In addition,...

A NEW chief executive for Wokingham Borough Council starts work today. Manjeet Gill is joining the council from West Lindsey District Council, where she served as chief executive for seven...

CONSERVATIVES were accused of not having any sums to add up in their General Election manifesto – now they are being accused of not being able to add up. While...

FINCHAMPSTEAD could be swallowed up by Wokingham if a proposed development of 80 new houses goes ahead, residents have warned. More than 2,200 residents living in and around the village...

Cllr Oliver Whittle, Executive Member for Finance, 21st Century Council, Internal Services and Human Resources looks at how Wokingham Borough Council allocates your money Local government finance – even mentioning...

A DRAMATIC election night saw one of the borough’s four parliamentary seats change hands. While Bracknell, Maidenhead and Wokingham all returned the sitting Conservative MP, Reading East electors chose to...

There are four seats that cover Wokingham borough - Wokingham, Bracknell, Reading East and Maidenhead. Three of the four MPs were returned in the 2017 June General Election, but one, Rob...