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Council brings in consultants to check expensive care deals

Council brings in consultants to check expensive care deals

Independent consultants are being hired by West Berkshire Council - to help them save money.

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Housing developer tries to back out of building Newbury primary school

Housing developer tries to back out of building Newbury primary school

Housing developer tries to back out of building Newbury primary school

The developer behind Donnington Heights in Newbury is trying to back out of a commitment to build a primary school.

Councillors hit back at bin petition

Councillors hit back at bin petition

Councillors hit back at bin petition

A petition to pause bin collection changes in West Berkshire was firmly booted out of council last night.

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‘This will be a complex process, with many unknowns and hundreds of different strands’

‘This will be a complex process, with many unknowns and hundreds of different strands’

‘This will be a complex process, with many unknowns and hundreds of different strands’

It’s going to cost around £30m to create a new council area, which would see West Berkshire tack itself on to parts of Oxfordshire.

No thanks Reading, says Theale

No thanks Reading, says Theale

No thanks Reading, says Theale

Reading has been snubbed by Theale in the land grab attempt.

20 could be plenty as Thatcham looks to reduce speed limit

20 could be plenty as Thatcham looks to reduce speed limit

20 could be plenty as Thatcham looks to reduce speed limit

A public consultation into the proposed 20 mile per hour speed limit in most of Thatcham launches on Thursday.

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Labour’s desire to ‘build baby build’ puts our communities in the firing line, say councillors

Labour’s desire to ‘build baby build’ puts our communities in the firing line, say councillors

Labour’s desire to ‘build baby build’ puts our communities in the firing line, say councillors

A council says new housebuilding targets leave it with little choice but to allocate more homes to rural areas as it prepares plans for consultation.

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Road consultation opens to Thatcham residents

Road consultation opens to Thatcham residents

Road consultation opens to Thatcham residents

A public consultation has opened to allow residents to give their thoughts on proposed road changes in town.

Council to decide between two pharmacies for Calcot

Council to decide between two pharmacies for Calcot

Council to decide between two pharmacies for Calcot

There are plans for another new pharmacy in Calcot.

MP hails military housing support as Labour win

MP hails military housing support as Labour win

MP hails military housing support as Labour win

Armed forces families in 156 military homes around Burghfield will see a major boost from the government.

Deprivation index shows none in West Berkshire

Deprivation index shows none in West Berkshire

Deprivation index shows none in West Berkshire

West Berkshire has been confirmed as one of the least deprived areas in the country.

Town hall raises UN flag for 80th anniversary

Town hall raises UN flag for 80th anniversary

Town hall raises UN flag for 80th anniversary

Eighty years of work by the United Nations was celebrated in Newbury with the peacekeeping organisation’s flag raised above the Town Hall.

Council going broke and might have to ask for more cash from Government

Council going broke and might have to ask for more cash from Government

Council going broke and might have to ask for more cash from Government

The Government may have to give West Berkshire Council more cash to stop it going bankrupt.

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Dates set for council to discuss Ridgeway proposals

Dates set for council to discuss Ridgeway proposals

Dates set for council to discuss Ridgeway proposals

A date has been set to debate the future of West Berkshire in a larger, combined authority.

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West Berkshire Council gets good Ofsted rating for children’s services

West Berkshire Council gets good Ofsted rating for children’s services

West Berkshire Council gets good Ofsted rating for children’s services

Ofsted has given West Berkshire Council children’s services a ‘Good’ rating – marking a decade of effort to pull the ship around.

Fear land ‘could be used for a further 50 homes from David Wilson Homes’ instead of promised primary school

Fear land ‘could be used for a further 50 homes from David Wilson Homes’ instead of promised primary school

Fear land ‘could be used for a further 50 homes from David Wilson Homes’ instead of promised primary school

Fury has erupted at developer David Wilson Homes’ application to back out of a commitment to building a new primary school at Donnington Heights.

Should they stay or should they go? Residents demand poll to have its say on which council it wants

Should they stay or should they go? Residents demand poll to have its say on which council it wants

Should they stay or should they go? Residents demand poll to have its say on which council it wants

Residents in Theale are being polled about whether they should stay in West Berkshire or head to Reading instead.

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Eight councillors sought on Hermitage Parish Council

Eight councillors sought on Hermitage Parish Council

Eight councillors sought on Hermitage Parish Council

Hermitage Parish Council is still struggling, after a 14 day notice period has ended, during which no request for an election was put in.

‘I would rather live on a bit less in the future than know my pension has been paid for through the suffering of other people’

‘I would rather live on a bit less in the future than know my pension has been paid for through the suffering of other people’

‘I would rather live on a bit less in the future than know my pension has been paid for through the suffering of other people’

West Berkshire Council is to review its pension investments to identify any holdings supporting the Israeli military.

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Thames Water ticked off for causing traffic chaos in Newbury

Thames Water ticked off for causing traffic chaos in Newbury

Thames Water ticked off for causing traffic chaos in Newbury

Thames Water has been fined for causing traffic chaos on a Newbury road.

MP claims survey points to mass dissatisfaction over bin collection changes

MP claims survey points to mass dissatisfaction over bin collection changes

MP claims survey points to mass dissatisfaction over bin collection changes

The council has defended its bin changes again – this time after one of the district’s MPs had a pop about it by publishing her ‘Bin Bodge Dossier’.

Petition goes in asking for pause in bin collection changes

Petition goes in asking for pause in bin collection changes

Petition goes in asking for pause in bin collection changes

A petition to pause the bin collection changes is being lodged at West Berkshire Council this week.
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