The House of Commons voted on seven amendments to the EU (Withdrawal) Act yesterday evening. Reading MPs, Matt Rodda (Labour MP for Reading East) and Alok Sharma (Conservative MP for Reading West), voted opposite ways on six of the seven amendments.
Matt Rodda, Reading East MP (official portrait courtesy of the UK parliament).
Matt Rodda (Labour, Reading East) spoke in the House of Commons on the evening of 28 January during the second reading of the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal Bill). He highlighted the problems which Brexit might cause in his constituency because of the high proportion of NHS workers from the EU.
Meet your Reading Borough councillors at the Whitley Labour Ward Surgery and Church Labour Ward Surgery on Saturday 2 February at 10.30am. They will be at the Community café, Northumberland Avenue, Reading for an hour and a half.
These planning applications may be discussed at one of the next Reading Borough Council planning applications committees.
Garbage at the Whitley Park Lane bus stop
A resident of Whitley Park Lane has complained to Reading University about the antisocial behaviour of students at the nearby bus stop, near the Queen’s Head pub on Christchurch Road.
The theme for the Whitley Community Development Association (WCDA) annual general meeting (AGM) at 12.30pm on Saturday 9 February is the young people of Whitley.
Former East Street car park
These planning applications may be discussed at one of the next Reading Borough Council planning applications committees.
Both Reading MPs voted on the government’s flagship European Union withdrawal act yesterday, 15 January. Alok Sharma (Conservative MP for Reading West) voted with the government and Matt Rodda (Labour MP for Reading East) voted against. The government was defeated by 230 votes.
Rear of Watlington House
These planning applications may be discussed at one of the next Reading Borough Council planning applications committees.
Thames Valley Police (TVP) have warned residents of south Reading about a spate of thefts from garden sheds over the last week.
Kennet Island Piazza
The Church and Whitley neighbourhood policing team will hold a Have Your Say Meeting on Sunday 13 January at 1.00pm at the Fidget & Bob café on the Kennet Island Piazza, Whitley Reading.
These planning applications may be discussed at one of the next Reading Borough Council planning applications committees.
The English office for standards in education, children’s services and skills, Ofsted, published a report on the the Little Owl pre-school on Northcourt Avenue, Reading on 3 January, saying that that it ‘requires improvement.’
By Jason Hilbourne.
Reading Borough Council (RBC) have set up drop-off points in town car parks to allow people to dispose of their pine Christmas trees this January.
The Church and Whitley neighbourhood policing team will hold a Have Your Say Meeting on Saturday 5 January at 10.00am at the South Reading Community Hub on Northumberland Avenue.
When we interviewed Tony Page recently we asked him for an alternative Xmas message to folk living on and around Katesgrove Hill that we could publish on Xmas day.
On Christmas Eve most buses are following a normal Monday to Friday timetable but will stop running between 7pm and 8pm. Emerald 5 & 6 will have additional late evening services.
Reading East MP Matt Rodda (Labour) called upon the government to reject a ‘no deal’ Brexit in the Leaving the EU: No Deal debate in Westminster on 19 December.
These planning applications may be discussed at one of the next Reading Borough Council planning applications committees.
Overall reported crime in Church ward has increased by 5% between the 12 months ending October 2017 and the 12 months ending October 2018, according to crime statistics released by the Home Office.
