At last Tuesday’s Wokingham Borough Council meeting (13th January), the Leader of the Council, Tory Councillor David Lee, announced that Cllr Rob Stanton, currently Executive member for Corporate Services, is to replace Cllr Norman Jorgensen as Executive member for Children’s Services. This reshuffle comes in the wake of damning reports on Wokingham Borough Council’s Children’s […]

Following the shock discovery that Tory-controlled Wokingham Borough Council had bid for Government money to close Emmbrook School and build a new secondary school in Arborfield, Wokingham Liberal Democrat councillors urged the Tory administration at the Council to stop making decisions in secret. Councillor Stephen Conway (Deputy Leader of the Lib Dem Councillor Group and […]

Wokingham Borough Council has received the verdict of two important Government inspections that assess how well the needs of the borough’s residents are met: the Audit Commission’s Corporate Assessment, and Ofsted’s Joint Area Review of all children’s services. Councillor Prue Bray (Leader of the Lib Dem Councillor Group and councillor for Winnersh ward) said, “These […]