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Cold Weather Payments
I have been alerted that Cold Weather Payments have been triggered in some post codes in the constituency.
| Constituency | Wokingham |
| Trigger period | 7/12/2022 to 13/12/2022 |
| Postcode districts affected in your constituency* | RG1, RG2, RG30, RG40, RG41, RG45, RG5, RG6, RG7 |
| Met Office weather station(s) triggered | Odiham |
Cold Weather Payments are made...Read More »
Compensation for Postal Managers
I have pursued the issue of compensation for Postal Managers who were wrongly accused when the new computer system failed to account properly for their businesses. The letter beneath gives us the latest update on compensation, where I have urged the government to be generous and get these matters settled:
Dear...Read More »
Gordon Brown takes Labour back to a broken model for the UK
It was Gordon Brown who told us once devolution was granted to Scotland Scottish nationalism would melt away. As some of us feared, instead it gave the SNP a bigger platform and more resentments to work on. They proved masterful at governing badly whilst blaming the constitutional settlement and Whitehall...Read More »
Further discussions with Minister Lucy Frazer about housing targets
I am having further discussions with Minister Lucy Frazer about the Levelling Up Bill and the housing targets.
...Read More »Housing numbers for Wokingham
I am pleased to report the government has listened to the arguments I and other MPs put to allow more local decision taking on the crucial issue of how much housing development an area can accept and sustain. They have agreed to drop mandatory top down down targets, leaving local...Read More »