
From the Leader: Calling on the strength of our community
With so many alarming developments on the international stage in the last few weeks, it seems more important than ever to count our blessings.
With so many alarming developments on the international stage in the last few weeks, it seems more important than ever to count our blessings.
We want Wokingham Borough to be a place where everyone can thrive. This is what we aim for with the Wokingham Communities Vision. But right now, not everyone has the same chance to thrive.
It is great to be in the position to share several pieces of good news from Children’s Services.
In the past, the council produced strategies and then consulted on them. The idea of the Communities Vision is to bring in the public at the beginning, rather than the end.
A number of Wokingham Town and Borough councillors attended and contributed to the Lib Dem spring party conference in Harrogate at the weekend (21-23 March).
Liberal Democrats joined councillors of other parties in supporting the principle of not charging for car parking at sports facilities, but made clear that pressure on the council’s finances would need to be considered in future consideration.
A motion proposed by Liberal Democrat Councillor, Andy NG Siu-hong, calling for the council to write to the Deputy Prime Minister opposing the plans for a “super-embassy” of the Chinese Communist Party in London, was passed at its meeting last night.
We could all do with some good news, so I thought it might help if I listed just a few of the borough council’s recent successes.
Could you help in your local library? Recent years have seen severe and increasing pressure on all local authority budgets, including Wokingham’s. The help of volunteers in our libraries is now essential.