Alok Sharma, Conservative MP for Reading West and the minister of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), took part in a debate on Universal Credit and Debt on Wednesday 5 June. The debate had been requested by Ruth George, Labour MP for High Peak and took place in Westminster Hall.
Liam Challenger Katesgrove Labour Party local election candidate 2019
Liam Challenger is standing as a Labour Party candidate in the local election on Thursday 2 May. There are four candidates in Katesgrove, and the winner will become a local councillor at Reading Borough Council. We asked each candidate the same eight questions to learn more about them.
Natalie Greenstreet, Katesgrove Conservative Party local election candidate 2019
Natalie Greenstreet is standing as a Conservative Party candidate in the local election on Thursday 2 May. There are four candidates in Katesgrove, and the winner will become a local councillor at Reading Borough Council. We asked each candidate the same eight questions to learn more about them.
Peter Kinsley, Katesgrove Liberal Democrat local election candidate 2019
Peter Kinsley is standing as a Liberal Democrat candidate in the local election on Thursday 2 May. There are four candidates in Katesgrove, and the winner will become a local councillor at Reading Borough Council. We asked each candidate the same eight questions to learn more about them.
Louise Keane, Katesgrove Green Party local election candidate 2019. Photo: Louise Keane.
Louise Keane is standing as a Green Party candidate in the local election on Thursday 2 May. There are four candidates in Katesgrove, and the winner will become a local councillor at Reading Borough Council. We asked each candidate the same eight questions to learn more about them.
In the House of Commons on 11 April, Matt Rodda (Labour MP for Reading East) asked Margot James, government minister for digital and creative industries, what effect leaving the EU would have on the creative industries of the Thames Valley.
The news that Sweeney & Todd’s pie shop and restaurant is up for sale sent a shudder down the spine to all of us who still look upon a Sweeney pie as a treat and a Reading food icon.
County Lock – once a centre of industry on the Kennet
There is the opportunity to learn something new about the history of Reading along its two rivers in the next History of Reading Society talk on Wednesday 18 May 2016.
Berkshire Credit Union (BCU) has made “a promising start to a very long road to recover from our poor history,” said Gordon Ross, BCU treasurer, at their annual general meeting on 27 April.
Katesgrove’s first local election hustings for many years was held at RISC on Saturday 30 April. Topics discussed included local traffic and parking, cross-party co-operation, voluntary contributions to council work, litter and the provision of green spaces, but the biggest issue was the cost, economics and politics of housing.
Margaret McNeill
Katesgrove voters can choose between four candidates at the election on 5 May. The Whitley Pump invited all of them to a personal interview. Margaret McNeill is standing as the Liberal Democratic Party candidate.
Rose Williams
Katesgrove voters can choose between four candidates at the election on 5 May. The Whitley Pump invited all of them to a personal interview. Rose Williams is standing as the Labour and Co-operative Party candidate.
Syed Abbas
Katesgrove voters can choose between four candidates at the election on 5 May. The Whitley Pump invited all of them to a personal interview. Syed Abbas is standing as the Conservative Party candidate.
Louise Keane
Katesgrove voters can choose between four candidates at the election on 5 May. The Whitley Pump invited all of them to a personal interview. Louise Keane is standing as the Green Party candidate.
Reading Borough Council’s consultation on the issues and options for the new local plan ends on Monday 7 March.
By Rob Stirling, ACORN Reading community organiser.
ACORN Bristol protests against poor letting agent practices last year
ACORN Reading, a community based group in Reading, will deliver a petition to letting agents near the Market Place in the town centre at 10am on Saturday 5 March.
ACORN Reading‘s inaugural public meeting will be held tonight, Tuesday 23 February at 7pm at New Christ Church School, Milman Road RG2 0AY. The community is invited.
Low grey clouds scudding above rain washed streets. People hunched against horizontal freezing rain, scuttling to get home before it gets dark by four. The next time you have one of those bus stop moments where you find yourself giving the far side of the road a thousand yard stare whilst a trickle of cold rainwater makes it way down your neck, take some time out to visit Katesgrove’s tropical oasis at 89 Mount Pleasant, the Pau Brasil café.
ACORN Reading will be holding its first public meeting at 7pm on Tuesday 23 February at New Christ Church School, Milman Road RG2 0AY.
The number of new houses to be built in Reading forms part of the issues and options paper for the new local plan for Reading. This has been published for consultation by Reading Borough Council. The consultation was agreed at the strategic environment, planning and transport committee meeting on 24 November 2015.
