http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Wokingham Liberal Democrats en-GB Wokingham Liberal Democrats http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Wokingham Liberal Democrats 2010-09-07T07:32+01:00 United Kingdom http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000262/changes_to_wokingham_care_charges_rubberstamped_by_executive.html At last Thursday's Executive meeting, the results of Wokingham Borough Council's care charges consultation were discussed. Wokingham Liberal Democrats were stunned to see that the Conservative Executive agreed to carry on with their policy to change their care charges policy, despite more than half of those responding to the consultation disagreeing that people who have over £23,250 should pay for the care they receive. 2010-07-30T12:00+01:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000261/wokingham_boroughs_housing_strategy_decision_deferred.html At the Council meeting the Conservative Executive deferred the consideration of a Housing Strategy for a further two months. 2010-07-26T12:00+01:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000260/problems_with_wokingham_boroughs_decent_homes_project.html The Council's Decent Homes Project underway in Woodley is providing new kitchens and bathrooms in council-owned properties to bring these aging properties up to the government's minimum standard. This is the first upgrade the properties have had in 30 to 50 years. 2010-07-26T12:00+01:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000259/increased_people_power_at_wokingham_borough_council.html At last Thursday's Council meeting, Wokingham Liberal Democrats were pleased that councillors unanimously backed their motion calling for greater resident involvement in Council decision making. 2010-07-26T12:00+01:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000258/cuts_to_wokingham_borough_council_jobs.html At the Executive meeting on Thursday, Cllr Prue Bray, the leader of Wokingham Liberal Democrats, will be asking a question about the proposed Council job cuts. She will be asking how many Council employed staff will be made redundant and which Council services will be affected the most. 2010-07-26T12:00+01:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000257/icelandic_investment_misgivings.html At last Thursday's Council meeting, Wokingham Liberal Democrats were astonished by the Conservative-led administration's over-optimism in recouping the £5 million of council tax payer's money it invested in the collapsed Icelandic banks. The Executive Member for Council Budgets, Anthony Pollock, confidently predicted that the Council expected to recover nearly all the £5 million investment. 2010-07-26T12:00+01:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000256/care_charges_consultation_conundrum.html At last Thursday's Executive meeting Cllr Prue Bray, the leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Wokingham Borough Council, asked a question about the Council's consultation on the proposed changes to charges for day care, home care and respite care. 2010-06-25T12:00+01:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000255/wokingham_borough_council_fails_to_spend_allocated_money_on_housing_maintenance.html Wokingham Liberal Democrats were surprised to learn that £451,000 allocated in the last financial year by Wokingham Borough Council for housing maintenance has not been spent. Instead, £400,000 of the £451,000 has been carried forward to this financial year. 2010-06-21T12:00+01:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000252/wokingham_lib_dems_set_out_political_priorities.html Wokingham Liberal Democrats have set out their political priorities for the forthcoming year. 2010-05-21T12:00+01:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000253/reduction_in_councillor_allowance_voted_down_by_conservatives.html Wokingham Liberal Democrats are astounded that, at the Wokingham Borough Council meeting last Thursday, the Conservatives on the Council voted against reducing the amount of extra money that councillors with special responsibilities are paid. 2010-05-21T12:00+01:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000254/decent_homes_target_questioned_again_by_lib_dems.html The Conservative Executive on Wokingham Borough Council have set themselves the easiest of targets when it comes to bringing the Council's housing stock up to the Decent Homes Standard, as it will be met if just one house is improved between now and 2013. Despite Cllr Phil Challis' (Liberal Democrat Councillor for Loddon) questioning of the Executive about the target's smartness in January, it still remains the one to which the Council aspires. 2010-05-21T12:00+01:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000251/david_laws_mp_warns_wokingham_libdems_about_the_state_of_the_nations_finances.html Prue Bray, Leader of the Lib-Dem group on Wokingham Borough Council, received this message from David Laws MP on 17th May: 2010-05-17T16:30+01:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000250/lib_dems_in_coalition_with_conservatives_at_westminster.html Prue Bray, who was the Lib Dem candidate in Wokingham constituency at the General Election, was one of the Lib Dem representatives who overwhelmingly endorsed the new Liberal Democrat/Conservative coalition government at a Special Lib Dem Conference held in Birmingham on Sunday 16th May. 2010-05-17T12:00+01:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000249/wokingham_liberal_democrats_celebrate_borough_election_success.html Wokingham Liberal Democrats are celebrating their success in last week's local elections. Not only did they successfully win the three seats they were defending, but they also won an extra Borough Council seat from the Conservatives in Loddon. Borough-wide, the Liberal Democrat share of the vote increased by nearly 5 per cent, whereas the Conservatives' share of the vote fell by almost 9 per cent. 2010-05-10T12:00+01:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000248/undecided_voters_swing_to_lib_dems_following_final_leaders_debate.html Last night was the final of the three televised Leaders' debates. Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, debated with Gordon Brown and David Cameron about the economy. Subjects discussed included breaking up the banks, creating more jobs and reinvigorating the British economy. 2010-04-30T18:09+01:00