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Reading MP Matt Rodda backs free travel scheme for young people

Reading East MP Matt Rodda has spearheaded the policy as shadow local transport minister...

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Company which will run Reading children's services named

Brighter Futures for Children has also appointed a chairwoman and drawn up a Memorandum of Understanding...

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Brexit could cause significant upset to business in Berkshire

A third of the estimated 855 businesses in Berkshire are owned by foreign companies based in the European Union...

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Reading voters urged to register before deadline

Voters go to the polls to elect Reading Borough Councillors on Thursday, May 3...

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Reading MP urges people to help shape law on illegal Traveller camps

Alok Sharma started the work during his time as Housing Minister...

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Reading MP urges government to do more to end housing crisis

Matt Rodda says more must be done to free up brownfield land for development...

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Reading MP fighting for answers on future of council funding

Matt Rodda spoke during a debate on local authority funding in the House of Commons...

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Low pay means councillor roles could become 'privilege of the rich'

Councillors in the town receive far less than in other parts of Berkshire...

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Increasing numbers registering to vote in Reading

Those not registered are urged to sign up before April 17...

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Roads to be repaired as Government announce £100m funding

Cash has been made available for more repairs after the freezing weather earlier in 2018...

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Reading MP supports use of medicinal cannabis for Alfie Dingley

Matt Rodda has joined fellow MPs in a call to permit Alfie Dingley medical cannabis use...

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Calls for Reading children's services head to resign resurface after Ofsted report

The opposition group say they have "no faith" in Cllr Jan Gavin, who refuses to step down...

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Green Park Station in Reading to open one year ahead of schedule

Plans for the station and wider Green Park Village development were discussed during a visit by the Transport Secretary...

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Earley Lib Dems drum up support for fight against library closure

An e-petition calls on Wokingham Borough Council to keep the library open or find a new site fast....

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Reading children's services have made little progress, says Ofsted

The report from Ofsted said "very little" progress had been made in the department...

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Reading councillor Rachel Eden to run for parliament at next election

Rachel Eden was chosen at a hustings held on Saturday, March 10...

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Bracknell Forest named Council of the Year

Leading figures are celebrating the win for the council...

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Prime Minister sets out planning law changes to solve housing crisis

Councils have argued that developers are not building houses fast enough...

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Cost of temporary housing for homeless people in Reading soars

Reading Borough Council is investing in new homes to cut the cost of temporary accomodation...

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West Berkshire Council says damning report into homelessness is not accurate

West Berkshire Healthwatch has made a number of recommendations after the study...

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Reading council is getting rid of grit bins to save cash

Opposition members slated the plans and said it would leave people stuck indoors...

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Opposition refuse to support Reading's budget and council tax increase

Councillors debated the 5.9 per cent increased and the council's failure to sign off the 2017 accounts...

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Recap as Reading council agrees 5.99 per cent council tax rise

The council proposes a 5.99 per cent rise...

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Reading councillors could be given cash to spend on issues in their wards

Councillor Ed Hopper wants councillors to be allowed cash to spend in their areas...

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Almost a quarter of Reading children are living in poverty

Those are the shocking figures unveiled by the End Child Poverty organisation...

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