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Reading Labour Manifesto 2024
Reading Labour’s Manifesto for the Reading Borough Council Elections 2024, to be held on Thursday 2 May.
Read MoreReal Wages In Reading Down £1,380 In Just One Year – New Analysis
New figures from the ONS reveal that real wages (excluding bonuses) are falling at their fastest rate in more than a decade: -3.7% in just one year.
New analysis published by Reading Labour reveals that the average worker in Reading has suffered a reduction of £1,380 in the last 12 months…
Read MoreLabour Motion Calling For Fairer Approach To Tax Passed By Reading Councillors
Today, Tuesday 5 July 2022, a Labour motion committing Reading Borough Council to signing the Fair Tax Declaration was passed by councillors at a meeting of full Council.
Proposing the motion at the meeting, Alice Mpofu-Coles, Labour Councillor for Whitley and Chair of the Council’s Adult Social Care, Children’s Services and Education Committee, said…
Read MoreReading Labour Councillors Push Forward Fair Tax Declaration
On Tuesday 5th July 2022, Reading Labour Councillors are taking a motion to the full meeting of Reading Borough Council that will commit the Council to signing the Councils for Fair Tax Declaration…
Read MoreRecord 6.5 Million On NHS Waiting Lists, Including 51,744 At Royal Berkshire Hospital
New figures published by NHS England reveal a record 6.5 million people are stuck on hospital waiting lists. In Reading and the surrounding area, 51,744 are waiting for treatment at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust…
Read MoreInflation Figures Comment: Cost of living crisis is hammering families in Reading; we need an Emergency Budget
Responding to today’s inflation figures, Labour’s Cllr Jason Brock, Leader of Reading Borough Council, said…
Read MoreLabour Is Best For Reading; Labour Delivers For Reading
The Conservative government has plunged many people in Reading into a cost of living crisis. Your Labour Council stands up for residents and invests in our town for the benefit of everyone.
A vote for Labour on Thursday 5 May is a vote for an ambitious and aspirational Reading…
Read MoreReading Labour Working To Reduce Congestion And Clean-Up Transport
Labour is putting more money into clean, sustainable transport across the town…
Read MoreConservatives Slash Reading’s Community Safety Funding, Reading Labour Invests In Youth Provision
The Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner, with the backing of Reading Conservatives, has cut Reading’s Community Safety Funding by over 52%. Reading Labour is fighting to reverse this. The impact of this Tory cut for neighbourhoods and safety across the town are serious and affect us all…
Read MoreReading Labour’s Investments In Leisure And Playgrounds Across The Town
Reading Labour are committed to providing opportunities to get active and have fun with the family in neighbourhoods across the town…
Read MoreMore Family Homes For Reading With Labour
Your Labour Council is setting an example by pushing forward the largest Council home building programme in a generation. We will deliver over 300 new Council homes across Reading in the next four years. This also includes new community centres, new key worker housing and new extra-care homes so that everyone has the chance to thrive in Reading…
Read MoreLabour Takes Reading To TOP FIVE On Climate Action
Reading’s Labour Council is one of the top local authorities in the UK for tackling the Climate Emergency. We’re one of just 95 towns and cities GLOBALLY to achieve the top score in the Carbon Disclosure Project’s ‘gold standard’.
With Labour, Reading Borough Council has reduced its carbon footprint by almost 70% in just 12 years…
Read MoreLabour Delivering for Reading’s Residents
Labour has delivered for Reading; and delivered despite Tory Government neglect. Together with residents, we have…
Read MoreOnly Reading Labour Stands Residents In All Seats At May Election
Reading Labour are standing a full slate of 48 candidates in all seats at the forthcoming Reading Borough Council election on Thursday 5th May 2022.
Reading Labour are the only party to have Reading residents contesting every single seat…
Read MoreReading Labour Manifesto 2022
Find below Reading Labour’s Manifesto for the 2022 local elections in Reading Borough, held on Thursday 5th May.
The Manifesto maintains and enhances our commitments from last year – building a consistent and aspirational vision for Reading.
Read MoreTory policies mean workers in Reading set to see real wages fall by £1,300 by 2023
New figures published by Reading Labour today reveal the staggering hit to wages facing local people by 2023. New analysis shows the average earner in Reading will see their real earnings fall by £1,300 by 2023.
Not only will working people be hit with the biggest tax burden since the 1940s – but living standards look to plummet at the fastest rate seen since records began…
Read MoreFamilies in Reading face £24.9 million Conservative tax hike, £348 per worker – new analysis
New figures released by Reading Labour reveal that families in Reading are facing a £24.9 million National Insurance Contributions [NICs] hike thanks to the latest Tory tax rise. Under the Conservatives’ plans to raise National Insurance this April, the average employee in Reading will pay an extra £348 in NICs alone.
The increase pushes taxes up to a 70-year high – and comes at a time when energy bills are set to rise by almost £700 and inflation is at a 30-year high…
Read MoreConservatives’ Fraud Write-off Costs Reading £10.8 million
New figures, published today by Reading Labour, reveal the staggering cost of the Chancellor’s fraud write-off to families across Reading.
This week Rishi Sunak, the Conservative Chancellor, announced he was writing off a staggering £4.3bn in Covid fraud – the equivalent of 128,000 nurses’ salaries or 146,000 police officers.
That’s the equivalent of £156 per household wasted on fraud alone. Across Reading that is £10,888,800…
Read MoreLabour Councillors Slam Tory Police Commissioner’s “Partisan Funding Allocation”
Reading Labour councillors subjected Matthew Barber, the Conservative Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner [PCC], to tough questioning during his attendance at Reading Borough Council’s Policy Committee on Monday 17th January 2022.
In September 2021, Mr Barber announced a 52% cut to Reading’s Community Safety funding. This drastic funding cut will mean difficult decisions around vital work to tackling reoffending and residents’ priority issues in Reading…
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