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May 2013
15/05/13 :Victoria Groulef - Bickering about Europe while long-term unemployment keeps rising, what planet are the Tories on?:
15/05/13 :Government must act quickly on A&E concerns, says Victoria Groulef:
13/05/13 :Better rules and accountability needed for Police & Crime Commissioners to protect the tax payers’ pound - says Victoria Groulef:
09/05/13 :Sharma “trying to smooth over” residents’ concerns about ending of flood insurance – Victoria Groulef:
08/05/13 :“The Tories have run out of ideas” says Labour’s Victoria Groulef:
08/05/13 :Victoria Groulef welcomes new jobs at Tesco – but says more action needed to get Reading’s long-term unemployed into work:

April 2013
30/04/13 :Rachel Eden - “Conservatives Out Of Touch With What’s Happening In Caversham!”:
29/04/13 :Jo Lovelock Announces A “strong Labour Team Blending Experience With New Talent”:
29/04/13 :Mumsnet And Netmums Join Childcare Campaign – Say Child Safety Would Be Compromised:
25/04/13 :Victoria Groulef: Reading People Are Worse Off Than They Were At The General Election:
23/04/13 :Victoria Groulef: The Governments Deficit Reduction Strategy Is Failing And At This Rate Itll Take 400 Years To Balance The Books!:
21/04/13 :Victoria Groulef Steps In As Neighbours Are Worried About Building Left Unsafe After Fire:
18/04/13 :Letting Agents To Be Regulated Again: Matt Rodda Welcomes Government U-turn:
16/04/13 :“Keep Your Promises On Planning” Victoria Groulef Tells MP Sharma:
08/04/13 :Come Friday, David Cameron Will Have Only 80 Days Left To Sort Out Flood Insurance, Says Matt Rodda:
08/04/13 :Reading Labour Calls Decision That Priory Avenue Surgery Is After All To Be Gp-led A Real Victory For Local People:

March 2013
31/03/13 :Jack Dromey MP - “It’s One Rule For The Rich And One Room For The Poor”:
25/03/13 :Victoria Groulef - Government Must Act Now To Bring Down Long-term Unemployment:
22/03/13 :Labour’s Parliamentary Candidates Launch Campaign Against Super Peak Rail Fares:
22/03/13 :New Law Could Be Big Missed Opportunity For Children With Special Educational Needs, Says Victoria Groulef:
21/03/13 :“New” Funding For School Sports “a Sub-standard Re-brand From A U-turn Government” Says Labour:
20/03/13 :It’s More Of The Same From A Downgraded Chancellor:
20/03/13 :George Osborne Is Making The Wrong Choices And People Will Be Worse Off In 2015 Than They Were In 2010:
19/03/13 :Reading Labour Calls Decision That Priory Avenue Surgery Is After All To Be Gp-led A Real Victory For Local People:
17/03/13 :Labour Launches Campaigns Against The Bedroom Tax And The Mummy Tax:
13/03/13 :Polls Show There Continues To Be A Progressive Majority, Peter Kellner Tells Reading Labour:
11/03/13 :Marian Livingston To Be Nominated As Mayor:
11/03/13 :Matt Rodda Says Fire Service Is A Privatisation Too Far:
11/03/13 :Victoria Groulef In Westminster For Unveiling Of Artwork Celebrating Emmeline Pankhurst:
04/03/13 :GPs Will Be Forced To Privatise “Nearly All” NHS Services Under Government’s New Rules, Labour Candidates Warn:
03/03/13 :Victoria Groulef Calls For Halt To Tories’ “Mummy Tax”:

Febuary 2013
26/02/13 :“Budget Born Of Necessity”: Reading’s 1.9% Increase In Council Tax In Line With Neighbours:
20/02/13 :Victoria Groulef: We Need An Industrial-strength Back-to-work Programme To Help The Long-term Unemployed Back Into Work:
17/02/13 :Tories’ ‘Bedroom Tax’ To Hit More Than 1000 Reading Households:
13/02/13 :Victoria Groulef Says Women In Reading Are Set To Lose Out Under Pension Reforms:
13/02/13 :Jo Lovelock - Don’t Reading Tories Realise Reading’s Council Tax Increase Is In Line With Our Tory Neighbours?:
11/02/13 :Rachel Eden - The Tories’ Refusal To Come Clean On Housing Tenure Is Bad For Politics:
11/02/13 :Mary Seacole Back On The National Curriculum - Labour’s Matt Rodda Welcomes Government U-Turn:
10/02/13 :Reading East Labour Candidate Matt Rodda Welcomes A Year’s Grace For Threatened Women’s Centre - But Presses For Permanent Funding:
05/02/13 :Tony Page - Alok Sharma’s New ‘report Backs’ Are Simply Piling Error Upon Error:
05/02/13 :Victoria Groulef - The 5.5% Rise In Water Bills Is A Real Blow To Many Families:
03/02/13 :Reading Labour Supports Equal Marriage - And Calls On Reading's Two Tory MPs To Do The Same:

January 2013
31/01/13 :Victoria Groulef: New Police Commissioner’s Plan’s “Written On The Back Of An Envelope”:
29/01/13 :Victoria Groulef Says Women In Reading Are Set To Lose Out Under Pension Reforms:
28/01/13 :Jo Lovelock Asks MP Sharma To Stop Trying To Mislead People About Battle Money:
28/01/13 :265-strong Petition Shows Mounting Concern Over Surgery:
23/01/13 :Home Insurance For Properties In Flood-Risk Areas – Government Must Act:
21/01/13 :‘It’s Time For Reading’s MPs To Help Give Young People A Voice’ Says Reading Young Labour:
21/01/13 :Reading Stands Up For Mary Seacole:
20/01/13 :Fears Over Privatisation of NHS Audiology Services:
15/01/13 :Miliband Pays Tribute To Reading Labour Stalwart Moira Dickenson:

December 2012
31/12/12 :Matt Rodda - Tory Plans To Privatise The NHS Kicking Off This Week Here In Reading:
31/12/12 :Alana House - Labour Tells Rob Wilson The Time For Photo-Calls Is Well Past:
20/12/12 :New Year Messages from Reading Labour:
13/12/12 :Long Term Unemployment In Reading “Still Disastrously High” And The Government’s Work Programme “Making Little Difference”:
11/12/12 :Labour’s Matt Rodda Challenges Rob Wilson As Government Inaction Risks Reading Homes Being Left Without Flood Insurance:
10/12/12 :We Need To Work Together For The Sake Of Local Children, Says Labour:
10/12/12 :Women Are Paying The Price For The Tory Government’s Economic Failure:
05/12/12 :Autumn Statement 'A Missed Opportunity' for Reading West:
02/12/12 :Matt Rodda selected as Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Reading East:
02/12/12 :Victoria Groulef selected as Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Reading West:

November 2012
17/11/12 :Labour joy in Reading as Tories hammered in “unwanted” PCC Poll:
13/11/12 :Former TVPA Chief Constable Peter Neyroud challenges accuracy of Tory election leaflets:
12/11/12 :Major concerns over Butts walk-in health centre as Virgin Care take over:
11/11/12 :“Public continue to lose out from Thames Water privatisation”:
11/11/12 :“Use your vote on Thursday to protect policing in Reading!”:

October 2012
31/10/12 :Social Housing - The Figures That Show Labour’s Success in Reading:
29/10/12 :Government delays mean Reading will miss out on 4G:
29/10/12 :Come and Talk to Labour about Green Policies:
28/10/12 :“Disabled People at Risk as Government’s ‘Personal Independence Payments’ Loom”:
28/10/12 :“We believe ‘affordable housing’ should be affordable!”:
23/10/12 :Labour announces its Parliamentary shortlist for Reading East Constituency:
23/10/12 :Labour announces its Parliamentary shortlist for Reading West Constituency:
17/10/12 :Tory’s top priority for the Police Commissioner – a car and driver for himself!:
15/10/12 :“Nothing in Cameron’s speech for young women” – Rachael Chrisp:
15/10/12 :After the Tory shambles over West Coast Main Line, they must get the Great Western franchise right”:
14/10/12 :Government’s Planning Changes will Weaken Communities, Harm Neighbour Relations, Increase Homelessness:
08/10/12 :Reading Labour delegates enthused by Ed Miliband’s vision of ‘One Nation’:
02/10/12 :My Vision for Britain - Ed Milliband:

September 2012
25/09/12 :Rachel Eden backs Shelter’s campaign against “rip-off” letting agents:
23/09/12 :Ben Zielinski is new Labour Chair:
23/09/12 :Labour PCC Candidate Calls on Tory Opponent to Condemn Andrew Mitchell’s Abuse to Police:
16/09/12 :LibDems Fail to Apologise After Police Rebut Gareth Epps’ Allegations Against Labour Activist:
12/09/12 :Time for our MP’s to get off the fence on Equal Marriage says Reading Labour:
11/09/12 :Labour steps in after Government sells Reading short over Crescent Road site:
10/09/12 :General Election: Labour opens candidate selections for Reading seats:

July 2012
31/07/12 :Learn the lessons from G4S fiasco:
27/07/12 :We back expansion of New Christchurch but have concerns about Stepping Stones as well as the wider community” say Katesgrove Labour Councillors:
17/07/12 :Council Must Stand up for Brownlow Road Conservation Area:
14/07/12 :Don’t hand policing over to G4S” says Tim Starkey:
12/07/12 :NHS Facing its 64th Birthday Strangled by Cameron’s Bureaucracy:

June 2012
26/06/12 :Thames Water Should Hold a New Public Consultation Regarding the Bath Road Reservoir:
24/06/12 :Rachel Eden Backs Shelter Call for Bold Bction on Affordable Housing:
24/06/12 :Tim Starkey starts his Reading PCC campaign in Katesgrove:
23/06/12 :Tim Starkey selected as Labour's Candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner for the Thames Valley:
19/06/12 :Working hard for Reading people: Labour’s programme for action:
13/06/12 :Come and Talk to Labour about Green Policies:

May 2012
25/05/12 :Rob Wilson Under Attack For ‘Misinformation’ About Civic Move:
21/05/12 :Tell Labour About Your NHS Experiences at www.yournhs.com:
08/05/12 :Reading’s first Sikh Councillor at Vaisakhi celebrations on Sunday:
08/05/12 :Labour Re-Elects Winning Team:
04/05/12 :Reading Backs Labour at The Polls:

April 2012
29/04/12 :“Rob Wilson is Once Again Playing Politics With The Hopes of East Reading Parents”:
25/04/12 :Jo Lovelock: “George Osborne has shrunk the British economy”:
24/04/12 :Centre for Cities : Reading has the fourth lowest unemployment rate in the country:
24/04/12 :East Reading Academy - Rob Wilson MP Caught Out Over Playing Field Sale":
23/04/12 :Labour’s Manifesto For The 2012 Borough Council Elections:
22/04/12 :Bet Tickner : Lansley’s Reorganisation Cost The Local NHS £25M Last Year, And it Will be Much The Same This Year:
21/04/12 :Tory “Just Not Being Straight With The People of Church Ward About Shinfield Road”:
16/04/12 :Jo Lovelock - "Wilson And Sharma Should Vote Against The Granny Tax This Thursday":
15/04/12 :Legal Aid - Government Must Listen to Charities, Says Rachel Eden:
15/04/12 :East Reading Needs an 11-19 School – Petition to be Presented to Cabinet:
13/04/12 :Marian Livingston - "Government Nuts to cap Big Charitable Donors":
08/04/12 :Labour anger at Tory slur tactics:
07/04/12 :Disabled adaptations at Reading Medical Assessment Centre are welcome, but the national picture is dire:
01/04/12 :Pupil Premium: Reading’s children lose out while wealthy Wokingham’s gain!:

March 2012
30/03/12 :Wilson’s “Fill ‘er up’ call is “height of irresponsibility”:
27/03/12 :Labour warns of UTC threat to Crescent Road playing fields:
25/03/12 :Labour is talking about Green Policies:
18/03/12 :Work experience must not mean job substitution:
23/03/12 :Success for Richard Davies’ Briants Avenue Petition:
21/03/12 :Budget – George Osborne prioritises the better-off:
18/03/12 :Peter Skinner MEP to visit Connexions:
18/03/12 :Work experience must not mean job substitution:
15/03/12 :Saturday “Vigil to Save the NHS”:
14/03/12 :Caroline Flint MP campaigning in Reading tomorrow for a fair energy deal for local pensioners:
12/03/12 :Eight joint Labour and Co-operative candidates to stand for council:
12/03/12 :Come and talk to Labour about Green Policies:
12/03/12 :Keep Reading’s schools for Reading’s communities, says Labour:
08/03/12 :“This Government has been a disaster for working women” – Rachael Chrisp:
04/03/12 :Police privatisation would degrade the service to the public, says Labour:
Febuary 2012
27/02/12 :“Drop the Bill, Save our NHS” says Labour:
26/02/12 :Dee Park Regeneration gets Planning Permission!:
20/02/12 :Debs Edwards - "Taylor Wimpey must think again about Elvian plans":
19/02/12 :Daya Pal Singh welcomes Inspector’s ruling on Tilehurst Allotments:
15/02/12 :End to five years of hell:
14/02/12 :Rachael Chrisp - "Working Tax Credits cuts this April will cost 450 Reading families £4000 a year":
13/02/12 :The NHS is too important to be sacrificed to David Cameron’s pride:
04/02/12 :Paul Gittings calls on new Minister to drop Huhne’s appeal on feed-in tariffs:
01/02/12 :Rose Williams in bid to tackle “Katesgrove’s worst landlords”:

January 2012
29/01/12 :A new Co-op store has opened – so Labour’s Richard Davies is calling for traffic calming on Briant’s Avenue:
29/01/12 :Labour throws its weight behind the SARC campaign:
22/01/12 :This Government’s Welfare Reform Bill has crossed the basic line of British decency:
22/01/12 :Labour Councillors call on Government to release “secret” NHS Risk Report:
18/01/12 :"Reading’s young unemployed are paying the price of Osborne’s failure":
13/12/12 :Rachael Chrisp backs Newtown residents’ parking scheme:
12/01/12 :“We have forced the Government to back down on S106 contributions for free schools”:
01/01/12 :New Year message from Jo Lovelock - Leader of Reading Borough Council:

December 2011
15/12/11 :“This is the greenest government never” says Labour:
13/12/11 :All we want for Christmas is our NHS - Labour takes its message to the streets:
12/12/11 :Labour announces its team for 2012:
06/12/11 :“Altogether now - all we want for Christmas is our NHS!”:
03/12/11 :Government’s National Planning Policy Framework is indeed a developer’s charter:

November 2011
30/11/11 :Jo Lovelock responds to the Chancellor's autumn statement:
01/11/11 :Estelle Morris at Redlands Fundraiser:
27/11/11 :Rachael Chrisp to stand for Labour in Park:
22/11/11 :Reading women join Fawcett Society march in London for women’s rights:
21/11/11 :Five houses don’t make a ‘strategy’:
20/11/11 :listen to Bishops’ call to protect children from homelessness:
13/11/11 :Government should fund a new 11-19 comprehensive school for East Reading:
01/11/11 :As senior LibDem figures say the Coalition’s economic policies are no longer working, Labour asks where do Reading’s own LibDems stand?:

October 2011
29/10/11 :“As fuel prices rocket, Government must listen to Age UK, says Labour”:
17/10/11 :Council forums and working groups are re-launched as Labour says “Let’s talk”:
16/10/11 :“The Government is sitting on its hands as fuel prices rocket” - Labour:
12/10/11 :“That’s a million young reasons why Cameron and Osborne are wrong”:
12/10/11 :Ghurkhas should not be discriminated against on pensions, says Labour:
10/10/11 :Council to debate Tories’ NHS plans – the Bill should be scrapped, says Labour:
02/10/11 :Labour challenge Pickles to free councils to make local decisions:

September 2011
26/09/11 :Gove is wrong: all children are entitled to a qualified teacher, says Labour:
26/09/11 :Reading Young Labour welcome Ed Miliband’s pledge to cut tuition fees:
26/09/11 :It’s Labour women off to Liverpool for Labour’s Annual Conference:
18/09/11 :Labour launches fight against local ticket office closures:
11/09/11 :Labour’s John Ennis challenges Tory Minister on cuts to children’s services:
06/09/11 :Labour takes the fight against Lansley’s NHS Bill to Reading’s Broad Street:

July 2011
27/07/11 :Reading Labour shows solidarity with Norwegian terror victims:
21/07/11 :Government plans to abolish Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee slammed:
11/07/11 :Elderly care: Reading’s Labour leaders back cross-party LGA pressure on Government to act:
04/07/11 :Reading homeless set to increase due to Conservative-led Government polices:
04/07/11 :Cabinet to offer RCRE a lifeline:

June 2011
26/06/11 :Sarah King says these are exciting times for Labour in Reading:
21/06/11 :Another Tory promise broken as 2,000 Reading women forced to wait another 18 months to two years for their pension:
14/06/11 :Labour condemns Government’s “short-sighted decision” to cut feed-in tariffs:
13/06/11 :Labour Cabinet Priorities:

May 2011
31/05/11 :Four top comics at another top Labour fund-raiser!:
28/05/11 :A Labour Cabinet Again for Reading:
22/05/11 :Deborah Edwards is our candidate for Mayor of Reading:
18/05/11 :Jo Lovelock - Labour has the electoral mandate to form a minority administration:
09/05/11 :Jo Lovelock and Tony Page Re-elected:
07/05/11 :Thank You, Reading:

April 2011
20/04/11 :Labour Standing up for Reading – and standing up for our NHS:
19/04/11 :Labour “not at all surprised” by anger over Discretionary Parking Permits hike:
18/04/11 :Labour: check Mumsnet website to see what George Osborne is costing you in tax credits:
05/04/11 :Will Reading’s Lib Dems vote to support Conservatives’ plans to break up the NHS?:
03/04/11 :Labour demands “proactive planning brief approach” to key development sites:

March 2011
31/03/11 :Labour :Average family to lose £186 through Tory cuts – Labour pledges to be your voice in tough times:
29/03/11 :Mothers’ Day flowers highlight impact of cuts on women:
23/03/11 :Labour : “Osborne’s Budget gives with one hand, but takes away with lots of other hands!”:
21/03/11 :Labour takes fight for NHS on to Council:
21/03/11 :OSCAR and BAFTA Glamour come to Reading Schools:
21/03/11 :Labour calls for the budget to tackle Britain’s record youth unemployment:
16/03/11 :Labour calls on Sharma and Wilson to back our National Health Service today:
14/03/11 :Labour: The Council should plan for less development on Bath Road Reservoir site:
09/03/11 :Joy as Happy Prospect comes down:
06/03/11 :Will Reading’s Lib Dems vote to support Conservatives’ plans to break up the NHS?:
01/03/11 :Are parking meters coming soon to some street near you?:

Febuary 2011
24/02/11 :Reading Borough Council budget: We shouldn’t be starting from here:
20/02/11 :Labour attacks “cruel Tory hypocrisy on welfare reform”:
20/02/11 :Labour to force debate on Children and voluntary sectory in council budget:
17/02/11 :People pressure saves Sulham Woods from ‘Big Society’ sell off:
16/02/11 :Disappointment as Conservatives let down South Reading’s young people:
14/02/11 :Labour backs campaign to save Farmers Market from parking charge hike:
13/02/11 :OPEN POLICY FORUM TO BRING YOUNG PEOPLE’S VIEWS TO THE FOREFRONT:
10/02/11 :Labour: Today 88 LibDem leaders wrote to The Times protesting about the cuts: Why wasn’t Kirsten Bayes among them:
08/02/11 :“We love WEC” Valentine’s message to the council from campaigners:
07/02/11 :Labour: “Were Sharma and Wilson representing you when they voted to sell off the forests?”:
06/02/11 :Pavement & verge parking: Labour welcomes Cllr. Willis’ “belated U-turn” on consultation:
02/02/11 :Labour: Lack of consultation over their grants cuts signals end of Coalition dialogue with community:
01/02/11 :Labour calls for Tory and Lib Dem smears to be investigated by an independent Standards Board:

January 2011
25/01/11 :Labour’s proposal to reduce threat to public services:
24/01/11 :Labour: It’s not just South Street – the Tories must come clean about where parking meters are to go:
19/01/11 :TORY/LIBERAL DEMOCRAT DECISION TO SCRAP EMA IS A ‘DISGRACE’:
13/01/11 :Labour: Town’s voluntary groups faced with uncertainty – or the chop:
12/01/11 :Jo Lovelock: Reading is being treated unfairly but Cumpsty and Bayes are not standing up for our town:
04/01/11 :It’s the last term for Education Maintenance Allowance: over 1200 Reading youngsters to lose support:
02/01/11 :John Ennis: “Child Poverty : Cllrs. Benson and Ralph should be ashamed of what their Government’s doing”:

December 2010
28/12/10 :Campaign to save schools’ funding:
06/12/10 :IT'S TIME MP'S KEPT THEIR PROMISES:
05/12/10 :Anti-social behaviour at the YMCA : Councillors call public meeting:
05/12/10 :No kerb-parking fines in Katesgrove until residents have been consulted"- says Labour's Matt Rodda:
03/12/10 :“Social Housing : Reading must respond to Grant Shapps’far-reaching proposals” - Labour:

November 2010
29/11/10 :Labour’s team for May offers Reading energy and experience:
29/11/10 :“ConDem Coalition is planning to get out of public consultation as it slashes services,” says Labour:
22/11/10 :The Willis Tax: Coalition is “showing a complete absence of transparency”:
21/11/10 :Councillor Jim Hanley to retire from Council : Kelly Edwards selected:
17/11/10 :LibDem Councillor “aloof and high-handed” over new parking bans:
15/11/10 :Shadow Minister Fiona Mactaggart MP talks to people from across Reading about how the Government is hitting women hardest:
14/11/10 :Tuition fees: 1,000 from Reading protest:
09/11/10 :Bath Road Inquiry opens next week: two Labour Councillors to speak:
08/11/10 :Have a laugh – and help the fight against the Coalition’s cuts!:
07/11/10 :Labour backs residents’ plea “Don’t Axe Our Wardens”:

October 2010
31/10/10 :Big Housing Benefit cuts loom for 3700 Reading families, Labour warns:
24/10/10 :Labour demands full consultation before ConDems bring in fines for parking on pavements and verges:
20/10/10 :Osborne’s cuts are neither necessary nor are they fair:
19/10/10 :Lib Dems turn their backs on students and universities:
17/10/10 :Labour anger as Coalition scraps hard-won controls on HMO’s:
12/10/10 :Keep swimming free for pensioners and others:
11/10/10 :Council should be in the renewable energy business, says Labour:
11/10/10 :Shinfield Road : Labour Councillors highlight main issues for urgent action:
04/10/10 :What future for Central Pool? - Labour demands report to Scrutiny:

September 2010
29/09/10 :Two of Reading Labour's young members are giving their reaction to Ed Miliband's historic first speech to Labour Conference:
27/09/10 :ConDem naivety cripples Reading’s school improvement and cuts frontline services in schools:
25/09/10 :Ed Miliband’s victory is great news for local communities:
21/09/10 :Councils need to back parents on Maiden Erlegh:
20/09/10 :Thanks to the Coalition, Reading no longer has the powers it needs to deal with bad landlords:
18/09/10 :Coalition suspends grants process – future of all Reading charities now “under review”!:
06/09/10 :Pincents Hill: Labour urges rejection of Blue Living’s planning appeal:
04/09/10 :Labour Fights for Park's Childrens' future:

August 2010
04/08/10 :Reading Conservatives and Liberal Democrats plan to cut care for over a third of elderly and vulnerable people:

July 2010
31/07/10 :George Osborne expects women to pay three times more than men to tackle the deficit:
31/07/10 :Labour backs Council’s action to get Southcote’s Happy Prospect secured:
30/07/10 :Labour welcomes “sweet victory” over Denbeigh Place playground!:
25/07/10 :Ed Miliband gets Reading’s backing:
14/07/10 :Top Labour leadership contender visits Reading:
12/07/10 :Reading MP’s should oppose the VAT increase, which will hit pensioners hardest, says Labour :
06/07/10 :Labour: “Tory hypocrisy will break All Saints hearts”:
04/07/10 :Labour in Council lobby to defend public services against the ConDems’ cuts:

June 2010
30/06/10 :Labour in Council lobby to defend public services against the ConDems’ cuts:
27/06/10 :Sarah King : a new young Chair for Labour in Reading:
20/06/10 :All Saints: give the parents time, says Labour:
20/06/10 :Coalition threatens £3.1M funding for Avenue Extra Care Housing Scheme:
13/06/10 :Labour attacks Cameron’s broken promises as early cuts fall on frontline services:

May 2010
30/05/10 :Harriet Harman: "We will be powerful in the public interest":
19/05/10 :Labour condemns Reading Liberal Democrats' "unprincipled decision" to back Tory "losers":
16/05/10 :Labour thanks its election candidates:
03/05/10 :Bath Road Reservoir: are Thames too pinning their hopes on a Tory victory?:
03/05/10 :In Reading, if you want reform vote Labour!":
02/05/10 :Council Housing : Labour blows apart the Reading Tories' smoke-screen!:

April 2010
28/04/10 :"Council tenants are not part of Cameron's Big Society":
28/04/10 :Naz "You know what the Tories are planning. Now it's decision time.":
27/04/10 :Naz welcomes further 6.4% drop in crime: "It shows Labour's working":
27/04/10 :Under attack: secret Conservative pledge to end free nursery places:
27/04/10 :"Britain can walk tall with Labour:
22/04/10 :Unemployment not on the rise in Reading:
21/04/10 :"The LibDem stance on four key issues is: we haven't included them in our spending plans":
19/04/10 :Why will Andrew Cumpsty not admit the truth about schools funding?:
18/04/10 :Tories to cut police numbers - it's official!:
18/04/10 :LibDems Top Tory Tax Credit Cuts!:
13/04/10 :Anneliese warns "David Cameron is now the patron saint of HMOs.":
12/04/10 :Building Britain's Future:
11/04/10 :West Berkshire Tories attacked over gross neglect of precinct - and the Happy Pea:
11/04/10 :"A levy on banks should be used to pay back the bank bail-out, not for Tory social engineering":
08/04/10 :Building Reading's Future:
06/04/10 :Action coming on HMO's - but may be scuppered by the Tories' plans!:
06/04/10 :Reading should choose securing the recovery and support for families on 6 May":
05/04/10 :After gaffes from Cameron and Grayling, Anneliese and Naz challenge all Reading Tories on gay rights:
03/04/10 : Naz Sarkar asks "So when is Alok Sharma going to be honest about public spending?":

March 2010
30/03/10 :"Make our Post Offices into a People's Bank!" - Labour:
30/03/10 : "Make our Post Offices into a People's Bank!" - Labour :
27/03/10 : Reading Labour welcome £106,600 cash injection to plug potholes :
27/03/10 : Labour pledges a future fair for all in Reading :
24/03/10 : Labour duo welcome budget as a 'strong step on the road to recovery' :
24/03/10 : Labour Candidates Back Pensioners' Campaign :
24/03/10 : Labour anger at Tory schools smear :
23/03/10 : Labour: "How can the Tories offer a Council Tax freeze while spending upwards of £1.5 million on rubbish?" :
21/03/10 : John Ennis: "Kennet Meadows should be put into public ownership" :
18/03/10 : 'Hopeful' unemployment figures - but it's not the time to make cuts:
14/03/10 :It's "Vote Red, Get Green" says Labour:
14/03/10 :A Mothers Day Warning from Labour:"Sure Start isn't safe with the Tories":
09/03/10 :Elvian School decision: Labour in action:
09/03/10 :Labour Street stall marks International Women's Day:
07/03/10 :Labour joy as developers abandon their plans for Kennet Valley Park!:

February 2010
28/02/10 :Hunters come to the aid of the Tories!:
25/02/10 :Reading's Council Tax : The True Story:
20/02/10 :Rushy Mead: Anneliese calls on rivals to back wind farm plan:
18/02/10 :Labour:"Planners' recommendations on Pincents Hill are very welcome":
17/02/10 :Home Secretary in Reading condemns Tories for misleading local people on crime:
16/02/10 :Reading puts in £58.5Million TIF Bid - West Berks to miss out :
15/02/10 :Shoppers queue up to support Labour's ban on fox-hunting:
14/02/10 : Labour's Valentine's Day Message: Beware the Tory threat to Child Tax Credits! :
11/02/10 : Labour: Lord Ashcroft is a rotten apple at the core of the Tory Party :
10/02/10 : Labour announces final set of Borough Council candidates:
05/02/10 :Labour candidates quick to seek assurances about disabled access to polling stations:
03/02/10 :Anneliese and Naz: the two local Tories must withdraw discredited crime claims :

January 2010
31/01/10 :Labour backs youngsters' plea for cheaper bus fares:
28/01/10 :Labour "saddened" by LibDem failure to back Reading:
26/01/10 :Welcome news of economic recovery shows Labour's plans well on track:
26/01/10 :Labour: Good news for tenants as 2010 rent increase kept to 2.39%:
23/01/10 :Naz: "Labour's guarantee is coming good for young people in Reading!":
18/01/10 :Labour's car scrappage scheme has helped 12,000 families across Thames Valley:
23/01/10 :Naz: "Labour's guarantee is coming good for young people in Reading!":
18/01/10 :Labour's car scrappage scheme has helped 12,000 families across Thames Valley:
17/01/10 :Anneliese backs demand to speed up enquiry into Ashcroft millions:
15/01/10 :Naz: "Cameron's pledges to the voluntary sector don't match what Tories do on the ground!":
12/01/10 :Anneliese and Naz praise 'resilient Reading':
05/01/10 :Labour duo in NHS challenge to Cameron:

December 2009
27/12/09 : Jo Lovelock's best wishes for 2010 - "It's been a tough year but Reading has much to look forward to":
19/12/09 : Richard McKenzie condemns "Greenspin" on Crescent Road site:
16/12/09 : Naz says West Berkshire's LDF decision vindicates his strategy on Pincents Hill:
10/12/09 : Anneliese and Naz welcome Pre-Budget Report's "firm and steady focus on recovery":
09/12/09 : Children's Services: Anneliese regrets "Tale of two Councils" as Wokingham judged "performing poorly":
06/12/09 : Dee Park Regeneration gets Planning Permission!:
05/12/09 : Labour duo wave off Climate Wave:
04/12/09 : Community Care in Reading "performing well" - and caring for more people too:
01/12/09 : Save our Police Community Support Officers! Anneliese Dodds and local campaigners present Petition to Reading Council Cabinet:

November 2009
29/11/09 :John Ennis: "I welcome Ed Balls' drive to boost the status of social workers":
22/11/09 :Pincents Hill: Naz claims Round 1!:
15/11/09 :Naz Sarkar launches campaign to end West Berkshire's "inhumane and immoral" rationing of community care:
10/11/09 :Jo Lovelock says: "We've delivered the Borough Council's targets":
02/11/09 :Community Care : West Berkshire's "demand management" shows the stark difference between Labour and the Tories:
02/11/09 :Naz: "I'm worried West Berks has missed a trick on Pincents Hill!":
01/11/09 :Kennet Meadows: PRUPIM out of time for Judicial Review!:

October 2009
19/10/09 :Labour: "We have invested over £100M in Reading's schools":
11/10/09 :Naz says Tory West Berkshire doesn't even know how many old and disabled people they've refused to help!:
08/10/09 :Bath Road reservoir scheme thrown out - after Labour shows Committee the way!:

September 2009
15/09/09 :Labour Reading to provide free swimming for under-16s:
14/09/09 : Labour name ten candidates for 2010 :
07/09/09 :Naz tells West Berks: first set your Core Strategy, then reject Pincents Hill :
04/09/09 : Labour at Reading Gay Pride: Tories should break with Polish Law & Justice Party over gay rights :
02/09/09 : Climate Change: Labour duo back new 10:10 campaign to reduce emissions :
01/09/09 : Make Kennet Meadows a Trust - On-Line Petition launched :

June 2009
29/06/09 : West Berkshire Tories slammed for "just dumping on Reading" - and Alok Sharma for being their apologist! :
28/06/09 : Trish Thomas re-elected - and says Labour has everything to play for! :
16/06/09 : "Now put Kennet Meadows into Trust" :
13/06/09 : Naz Sarkar selected as Reading West Labour Party Parliamentary Candidate :
08/06/09 : Euro Results show it's Labour or the Tories in Reading :

May 2009
24/05/09 : Peter Skinner MEP "Only Labour is fighting for you in Europe" :
22/05/09 : Reading's Labour Duo Publish Seven-Point Plan to Clean Up Politics :
07/05/09 : Kennet Meadows : victory over the developers as campaigners get area axed from South-East Plan :
04/05/09 : "Staying at home on 4 June could give a Euro-seat to the BNP" warns Labour :

April 2009
22/04/09 : Labour Welcomes "A Budget for Our Times" :
21/04/09 : Homeowners Mortgage Support Scheme is real "sigh-of-relief time" - Labour :
13/04/09 : Labour: "Tories are not telling the truth about business rates" :
06/04/09 : Anneliese welcomes scrutiny report on the private rented sector :
05/04/09 : G20 "a boost to the world economy" :

March 2009
31/03/09 : Uni cuts on public programme opposed - and Council offers students a lifeline :
26/03/09 : "If your mind can conceive it, and your heart can believe it, then you can achieve it" with Jesse Jackson :
22/03/09 : Labour anger as Uni Council rubber-stamps School closure :
16/03/09 : AAnneliese: "Tories copied their 'advice pack' from Council of Mortgage Lenders!" :
07/03/09 : Anneliese welcomes new Government initiative on domestic violence :
02/03/09 : No cuts in public services - and just 3.99% increase in Council Tax :

Febuary 2009
25/02/09 : Tories demand £2.8M cuts :
09/02/09 : Labour "getting the budget balance right in difficult and uncertain times" :
05/02/09 : "One of our budget priorities is tackling HMO's" says Labour :
01/02/09 : Changes to Reading’s Cabinet :

January 2009
13/01/09 : Council acts to keep children safe :
13/01/09 : Labour Reading delivering Value for Money, says Audit Commission :
08/01/09 : Gaza: Salter Condemns Killings and Gathers MPs Support for Ceasefire Call, Labour Leaders Back Local Campaign:
01/01/09 : Jo Lovelock’s best wishes for 2009 – “It’ll be tough but together we’ll get through”:

December 2008
11/12/08 : Labour puts Reading’s housing case to Margaret Beckett:

November 2008
07/11/08 : Reading Labour welcomes Barack Obama’s “historic victory”:

October 2008
24/10/08 : Labour welcomes University wind farm study:
22/10/08 : Reading secondary school results “the best ever”:
21/10/08 : Dodds 'astonished' at local MP's calls to cut investment in Reading:
20/10/08 : Tackling rogue landlords, Meeting students' needs - :
14/10/08 : Budget pressures for RBC
02/10/08 : Tory bin plans could force up Council Tax Bills: "Green Tories" in a proper pickle over recycling, says Labour

September 2008
10/09/08 : Alok Sharma “is lying about Labour’s transport plans”
02/09/08 : Anneliese welcomes Labour's homes package - contrast with the Tories could not be greater

August 2008
02/08/08 : Labour celebrates Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday

July 2008
30/07/08 : Major Victory in Fight for Kennet Meadows
02/07/08 : Reading must work with neighbours

June 2008
29/06/08 : Reading Labour Party re-elects Trish Thomas
22/06/08 : Silent witness for the people of Zimbabwe
17/06/08 : Council to be asked to back Gurkhas rights
16/06/08 : Labour sets out Council programme

May 2008
20/05/08 : Labours alternative nomination for Deputy Mayor
20/05/08 : Labour Group Nominations for new Cabinet
07/05/08 : Jo Lovelock elected to lead Labour Group
02/05/08 : Labour gives Tories a bloody nose in Reading

April 2008
Our 2008 Election Manifesto (pdf)
Our transport plans, as submitted to the Commission (pdf)

29/04/08 : Tory threat to early years childcare
28/04/08 : Labour attacks Tory hypocrisy on waste
27/04/08 : Compare our plans with the Tories lack of plans!
24/04/08 : Home Secretary visits Reading
23/04/08 : Conservative Council Tax Con Exposed
22/04/08 : Centre meeting rescheduled
22/04/08 : Tory threat to early years childcare
17/04/08 : Tories treating the town with contempt
15/04/08 : Labour reaffirms commitment to a new African-Caribbean Centre
11/04/08 : Labours 47M investment in school buildings
07/04/08 : Tories still sceptical about climate change

March 2008
31/03/08 : Labour launches its Manifesto
31/03/08 : Labours pledges to older people
25/03/08 : Labour attacks Tory transport plans
18/03/08 : New Empty Homes Strategy Launched
08/03/08 : Labour nails Tory lies on Council Tax
05/03/08 : New gateway to Reading gets go-ahead
04/03/08 : Minister praises flagship Reading and sees the flood plain at Kennet Meadows!

February 2008
25/02/08 : Labour to improve older peoples services
24/02/08 : Best Budget ever increases Council Tax by just 1.9%
19/02/08 : Labour celebrates 90 years of women having the vote
02/02/08 : Reading shows Jack Straw how were tackling crime

January 2008
23/01/08 : Kennet Valley Plan Panel was wrong
22/01/08 : Labour working towards a greener future
16/01/08 : David Sutton's New Year Message
15/01/08 : New Transport Plans Submitted

December 2007
16/12/07 : Candidates announced for 2008
11/12/07 : Labour fights to save Post Offices
01/12/07 : Council moves on climate challenge

November 2007
25/11/07 : Tory councillor "must go"
21/11/07 : The Council and its partners
09/11/07 : Minister for Women visits Reading as Labour plans more rights for parents

October 2007
31/10/07 : Consultation on vision for secondary education
30/10/07 : Council to consult on new theatres and new library
29/10/07 : New plans for extra care housing
23/10/07 : Royal Berks A&E "best in the country"
16/10/07 : New Car Park "fit for the 21st Century"
09/10/07 : Sir Brian Briscoe to lead Commission on Traffic
02/10/07 : Salter to make it four in a row
01/10/07 : 35% of household waste recycled or composted

September 2007
26/9/07 : Neighbourhood Policing comes to Reading
25/9/07 : Shoppers' views sought on 'Tory tax on food'
24/9/07 : Go-ahead for Dee Park Redevelopment
18/9/07 : Council acts to save Resource
11/9/07 : Council's restoration team now in Eldon Square
04/9/07 : New play area for King's Meadow

August 2007
28/8/07 : 13% Increase In Two Years At GCSE
21/8/07 : Five New Children's Centres to open during 2008
17/8/07 : Half of all A level passes in Reading are grade A!

July 2007
31/7/07 : Council Aids Residents in Floods
24/7/07 : Reading Station Project Gets Go-Ahead
10/7/07 : Reading Economy Tops National Survey
03/7/07 : Caversham Court Gardens To Be Restored

June 2007
26/6/07 : New chair for Reading Labour Party

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