Building a greener, cleaner, safer community
When we declare that we’re going to “Transform early years and youth services to be targeted at the most vulnerable,” the statement is disingenuous in a number of ways. The euphemistic use of the word ‘transformation’ suggests we’re about to see a massive improvement to our services but what we’re actually talking about is a […]
Let’s talk potholes. Barely six months after launching a much-lauded 24-hour fix-it policy, this Tory administration decided to scale it back, having concluded, “Job done.” After one of the wettest and windiest winters on record, Royal Borough residents might be excused for thinking such a statement was premature. Standing water and frosty mornings are not […]
I have attended many council budget meetings over the years — too many I am sure some of you think. However, I have never seen a budget so appalling or the spin more misleading. I want to take you back to the important people in this — the residents you are supposed to be supporting. How […]
After 12 years of Conservative rule, the full impact of the Tories’ ‘cut tax, wield axe’ approach is being felt in Windsor and Maidenhead with the publication of the 2020/2021 budget savings report. Despite recently declaring a climate emergency, several of the measures announced will serve to slow down our progress towards net-zero emissions: Removing […]
PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMAIDENHEAD, UK Resignation of the leader of RBWM The sudden resignation of Cllr Dudley was made in the early hours and apparently without any consultation with Conservative group members. Nothing new there, then. Perhaps in time, we’ll understand why he felt the need to step down urgently, without any kind of handover […]
Written by Joshua Reynolds. Nobody can deny that lots of projects are getting underway Maidenhead at the moment: the Landing is finally getting under way after being pushed through by the Conservative councillors against the recommendations of the borough officers, York Road is being developed, and the Nicholsons shopping centre has been sold to a […]
