Former Lib Dem Leader visits Wokingham again!
Former Lib Dem Leader Sir Vince Cable visited Wokingham again last week to support the campaign to elect Wokingham's first Lib Dem MP, Clive Jones.
19 Dec 2023
News
WBC
Shafts of sunlight in Children’s Services
It has been a particularly gloomy time to be involved in Children’s Services lately. More an more councils are effectively going bust, and are citing the increasing cost of running Children’s Services as one of the main factors.
19 Dec 2023
Cost of Living
Helping Wokingham people at Christmas
The cost of living crisis means that many of our residents will sadly find it difficult to just pay for the basic essentials this Christmas.
19 Dec 2023
NHS
Where's our new hospital?
We are asking the Government: where is the new Royal Berkshire Hospital?
19 Dec 2023
WBC
COMMUNITY VISION UPDATE
This last year has seen Wokingham Borough Council embark on an exciting new approach to setting its priorities for the future.
19 Dec 2023
NHS
Ministers letting Wokingham and West Berkshire “grind to a halt” as 34,951 people are on NHS waiting lists
There are 34,951 incomplete patient pathways on a waiting list in West Berkshire which included Wokingham - the equivalent of 60 per 1,000 patients
8 Dec 2023
Environment
Wokingham MP votes against the Lib Dem sewage sickness compensation scheme
Wokingham Liberal Democrats have slammed local MP Sir John Redwood for voting against a compensation scheme for swimmers who get sick from sewage.
8 Dec 2023
Clive
Highest level of taxation since 1948
Under today’s Conservative government we have the highest level of taxation since 1948. Incredibly though, this was not acknowledged by the Conservatives in last weeks Autumn statement, who continued to claim that they are the party of low taxation.
8 Dec 2023
NHS
Prime Minister refuses to confirm funds for new hospital in Wokingham
In Prime Minister’s Questions, Rishi Sunak dodged Ed Davey’s question about the status of the Government’s promise to build a new Royal Berkshire hospital which serves Reading, Wokingham and South Oxfordshire.
8 Dec 2023