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Final boundary review report

Final boundary review report

The final report of the Review of Parliamentary constituencies has just been published. Whitley ward will be part of the new constituency of Woodley...

Time for Thames Water to step up

Time for Thames Water to step up

At a Council Meeting on 27th June 2023, a motion was passed unanimously calling on Thames Water step up to deal with the horrendous problems...

Speech as outgoing Mayor

Speech as outgoing Mayor

It was a huge priviledge to serve as the Mayor of Reading from 2021 to 2023. We are a generous, big hearted town, a...

Proud to open Reading Pride 2022

Proud to open Reading Pride 2022

I was immensely proud of our community last Saturday as we celebrated, protested and committed to continue to stand together for LGBT rights. I'm...

Not too late for the government to think again on Reading Gaol

Not too late for the government to think again on Reading Gaol

Rachel writes: Reading Gaol Hug - thi is about more than donning a T-shirt Sunday, October 13, 2019 "It is incrediably disappointing that despite...

Call on Alok Sharma to think again on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts bill

Call on Alok Sharma to think again on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts bill

I have written to Alok Sharma asking him to think again on his government's Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts bill. I am aware that...

Campaign for Government to bolster bereavement support in the workplace

Campaign for Government to bolster bereavement support in the workplace

National bereavement charity Sue Ryder, which runs Sue Ryder Duchess of Kent Hospice in Reading, has called on the Government to introduce a minimum...

No Child in Reading to go hungry this half term

No Child in Reading to go hungry this half term

I was furious last night that ALok Sharma and the majority of his Conservative colleagues voted against ensuring all our children are fed over...

Black Reading Labour members statement in support of justice for George Floyd

Black Reading Labour members statement in support of justice for George Floyd

I believe that the best voices to listen to in the current situation following the murder of George Floyd are from the community affected....