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 2010-03-11T11:24+00:00 United Kingdom http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000227/prue_bray_signsup_to_beat_cancer_commitment.html Prue Bray, Lib Dem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Wokingham, has joined hundreds of candidates across the country in signing up to Cancer Research UK's Cancer Commitment, aiming to make UK cancer outcomes among the best in Europe within the next ten years. 2010-02-24T12:00+00:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000222/lib_dems_express_doubts_over_conservatives_ict_strategy.html The Conservatives' £5.5 million ICT Strategy was voted through at the Council meeting on Thursday night. The strategy involves building up a more comprehensive database of information about residents and switching to providing Council services via self-help through the web, and is a key element of the Conservative's transformation programme. 2010-02-19T12:00+00:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000221/lib_dems_slam_budget_illusion.html Wokingham Liberal Democrats are outraged that the Conservatives on Wokingham Borough Council have approved a budget which doesn't stack up. Hidden in the budget papers was a reference to 'significant supplementary estimates'. This means that the Conservatives have failed to put funding in the budget to cover all their planned spending. 2010-02-19T12:00+00:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000223/openness_and_honesty_is_what_we_need_say_lib_dems.html Wokingham Liberal Democrats are demanding that Conservative-run Wokingham Borough Council has a more open and honest budget setting process in place before next year, which provides more detail of what they plan to spend money upon. 2010-02-19T12:00+00:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000224/dont_be_fooled_by_the_smoke_and_mirrors_advise_the_liberal_democrats.html The Liberal Democrat councillor group at Wokingham have been pointing out some of the smaller items in the budget in the Tory 2010/11 budget that have a greater impact on residents than the relatively small sums of money involved might suggest. 2010-02-19T12:00+00:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000225/tories_push_through_huge_hike_in_respite_and_daycare_charges.html At Thursday's budget-setting meeting, the Liberal Democrats on Wokingham Borough Council condemned Tory plans to hit some of the borough's most vulnerable people with dramatic increases in the cost of respite care and new charges for day care. 2010-02-19T12:00+00:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000226/south_east_mep_sharon_bowles_calls_for_wokingham_railway_bridge_to_be_built.html Euro MP Sharon Bowles met with Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate, Prue Bray, this week to discuss Airtrack's proposals to build a new Terminus at Heathrow, which will result in four more trains an hour passing through Wokingham. 2010-02-19T12:00+00:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000220/redwood_should_come_clean_on_expenses.html John Redwood should come clean on his expenses. Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Wokingham, Prue Bray, asks "Were John Redwood's expenses considered above board, was he asked for more information, or was he told to pay some money back? It is time that John Redwood revealed what was in the letter he got from Sir Thomas Legg about MPs expenses." 2010-02-01T12:00+00:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000219/hands_off_our_borough.html Wokingham Liberal Democrats are calling on Labour and Conservative councillors on Reading Borough Council to drop their plans to bid for city status. In order for the bid to be a success, Reading would need to expand to include Woodley, Earley, Reading University, and the two business areas of Thames Valley Park and Green Park, all of which are currently in Wokingham Borough. 2010-01-29T12:00+00:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000218/stop_making_excuses_lib_dems_tell_tories.html Lib Dem councillors have today attacked the Conservatives on Wokingham Borough Council for failing residents. Lib Dem Group Leader Prue Bray said: "Services have been cut, school buildings are crumbling, the roads are full of pot holes, council tenants are suffering and Children's Services has been judged among the worst in the country. The council is going backwards in terms of performance. But all we hear from the Conservatives is that it's the government's fault for not giving Wokingham enough money. It is time the Conservative leadership stopped blaming other people and admitted that they are the ones at fault." 2010-01-25T12:00+00:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000217/liberal_democrats_launch_manifesto_housing_pledge.html The Liberal Democrats today set out plans to bring a quarter of a million empty homes back into use, making homes available for people who need them and creating 65,000 jobs. 2010-01-14T12:00+00:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000215/council_clears_own_car_parking__but_paying_customers_have_to_brave_the_snow_and_ice.html Lib Dems on Wokingham Borough Council are shocked by the lack of gritting and clearing of the borough's car parks when compared to the council's own staff car park at Shute End which has been cleared. 2010-01-12T21:14+00:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000214/up_to_17m_pensioners_will_miss_out_on_cold_weather_payments.html Up to 1.7m pensioners nationally will miss out on Cold Weather Payments triggered by the recent weather, according to analysis of Government figures by the Liberal Democrats. Cold Weather Payments of £25 a week are paid to people on low incomes who receive a qualifying benefit, such as Pension Credit, which goes unclaimed by as many as 1.7m pensioners. 2010-01-12T12:00+00:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000216/prue_bray_vote_libdem_for_a_fairer_better_britain.html The Liberal Democrats have announced they will fight the General Election on four key principles, designed to make Britain a fairer place. Prue Bray, the Lib Dem prospective parliamentary candidate in Wokingham, has today set out her campaign priorities: fair taxes; a fair start for every child; fair, clean and local politics and a fair, green economy with jobs that last. 2010-01-11T12:00+00:00 http://wokinghamlibdems.org.uk/news/000213/new_year_message_from_prue_bray.html 2009 was a very tough year for many people, not only locally in Wokingham, but around the world. And it came at the end of a tough decade. But as we move forward into 2010 we have the chance to make things better, not just for ourselves and our families and friends, but also for those we have never met. 2010-01-04T12:00+00:00