Wokingham's Finances: Exposing Liberal Incompetence Wednesday, 27 March, 2024 by Pauline Jorgensen, Leader of the Wokingham Conservative Group In my column in Wokingham Today on 2nd February, I said: “It’s right that any administration continues to make the case for more funding for their area.” I certainly want to see more money for Wokingham. When the Conservative councillors ran the Council, we routinely lobbied the Government for a fairer funding settlement for... Articles
Experts often get it wrong 18th December 2021 The idea of democratic politics is to elect Ministers who can draw on the best possible expert advice, but then apply commonsense and judgement to it to fashion... Westminster News
Christmas Story: The True Brexit Elf 17th December 2021 A Christmas Story from John Redwood MP Do you believe in Brexit? Fourth upon a time the Brexit elf went in search of the true Brexit. He had been over the moon... Westminster News
Funding Agreement for Whiteknights Primary School 17th December 2021 I am pleased to inform you that the Secretary of State for Education has agreed to enter into a Funding Agreement to allow Whiteknights Primary School, in... Westminster News
My intervention in the Armed Forces Bill supporting the Government’s effort to improve home ownership for armed forces service personnel 16th December 2021 Sir John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con): I will be supporting the Government, as they have made welcome progress on creating better conditions and support for our... Westminster News
Now what? 15th December 2021 Winning a difficult vote will come as an unsurprising relief to the government. They had to rely on the Opposition and on this occasion it worked. It does not... Westminster News
Postmasters with Overturned Criminal Convictions 14th December 2021 I have received the enclosed letter regarding the settlement funds for Postmasters: Approval of Funds for Full & Final Settlement for Postmasters with... Westminster News
Conservative principles 14th December 2021 The government needs to reconsider its policies as we move away from emergency measures to handle the pandemic. We need a growth policy based on cutting tax... Westminster News
Why were there shouts of Resign to the Health Secretary? 13th December 2021 I sat through the Health Secretary’s latest statement in disappointed silence. I have heard a few Ministerial statements over the years that have bombed with... Westminster News
Questions to the advisers over the pandemic 11th December 2021 The Chief Executive of the NHS was rarely present at the news conferences to present the actions being taken to handle the pandemic. That was a pity, as many of... Westminster News
CPC23 Address from Penny Mordaunt 4th October 2023 Find out what Penny Mordaunt, Leader of the House of Commons, said to CPC23 here. National News
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