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Real 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 MorePlatinum Jubilee Weekend In Reading
As we wish Her Majesty The Queen a happy Jubilee weekend, there are plenty of activities across Reading for people to get involved in…
Read MoreNew Energy Price Cap Underlines Need For Emergency Budget – Reading Labour
Responding to Ofgem’s announcement today, 24th May 2022, that the energy price cap is to rise to £2,800 in October, Labour’s Cllr Liz Terry, Lead Councillor for Corporate Services and Resources on Reading Borough Council, said…
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 MoreThank You To Reading’s Residents
Reading Labour thank everyone in Reading who voted for Labour candidates across the town on Thursday 5th May 2022. With your support, we increased our vote across the town and returned 32 councillors – a net increase of three, which includes a historic victory in the Caversham Heights ward…
Read MoreVote Reading Labour TODAY
It’s Election Day and polls are open 7am – 10pm. You have THREE votes – use all three for Labour candidates across Reading…
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 MoreCouncillors To Interrogate CityFibre Following Ongoing Complaints
Reading Borough Council has summoned CityFibre to attend a Committee and face questioning about its performance in Reading. This follows continuing complaints about the impact of their roadworks and the alleged failure to properly communicate with local residents…
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 MoreSoaring childcare costs are limiting parents’ ability to work across the South East
Labour is today warning the cost of childcare is so high that parents are having to cut down the hours they work across the South East. Labour’s new analysis shows the average family now spends nearly £824.60 more on a nursery place than they did five years ago…
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 delivering Council homes across our town
Everyone deserves a home. It’s a simple sentiment, but the state of the British housing market turns this basic need into a challenge for so many in our town…
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