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This morning I was invited to take a look round Smartworks Reading who provide free high quality clothing and coaching to get women into work. Brilliant idea...

Yesterday I was at Wokingham Borough Council scrutiny management committee. We had some useful discussions on the council plan and the equality policy. One...

Just over six months ago the Liberal Democrats voted to approve its Local Plan for future housing development, with the support of some Labour members. This...

Conservatives on Wokingham Borough Council have called the Liberal Democrat administration’s draft Local Plan “seriously flawed” after Planning Inspectors...

Holding the Lib Dems Accountable – Delivered a strong speech exposing their financial mismanagement, wasteful spending, and failure to deliver key projects...

Labour Fail Labour's tax-and-spend chaos is driving up prices, hitting families hard. Inflation is now HIGHER than expected—higher than France (1.8%) and...

This afternoon I went to Oakbank school to listen to residents and try and see what I could do to help. I heard about classes with 70 pupils; poor teaching and...

Labour have delayed the build of a new state-of-the-art Royal Berkshire Hospital until 2035 at the earliest. This is despite Yuan Yang’s promises and assurances...

Last night a very long (3.5 hour) overview and scrutiny management committee. I thought you might like a flavour of what we cover at these meetings First up...