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Council chief
14/02/22
AN interim chief executive of Oxfordshire County Council has been appointed following an internal recruitment process. Stephen Chandler replaces Yvonne Rees, who has been the joint chief executive of the council and Cherwell District Council since ...
Healthiest and wealthiest
07/06/21
WOKINGHAM borough is the most prosperous area in the country, according to a study. It is also the second overall for health and 17th for education, according to the Legatum Institute in London, which researched all areas across a range of ...
Support for tax rise
24/01/22
MORE than half of residents supported a rise in council tax in a consultation carried out by Oxfordshire County Council. The council’s cabinet set out budget proposals for 2022/2023 in December, including a 4.99 per cent rise, three per ...
Council says it can’t give £4,000 grant to festival
06/12/21
THE Goring GAP festival next year will not receive a grant from the parish council. The council has turned down a request for £4,000, saying that it has suspended its grants policy so can’t award any. Instead, it will consider ...
Council tax set to rise under new coalition
13/12/21
COUNCIL tax in Oxfordshire is set to rise by £78.50 a year for the average property. Oxfordshire County Council’s 2022/23 budget proposals suggest a council rise of 4.99 per cent, three per cent of which would be ringfenced ...
Council meter readings automated
08/08/22
HENLEY Town Council is to spend £10,500 on the installation of automatic readers for all its utility meters. It says the move will provide benefits in line with the council’s decision to declare a climate emergency in 2020....
Sofa dumped
01/08/22
A SOFA and armchair were dumped beside a road in Russell’s Water at the weekend. South Oxfordshire District Council, the waste authority, was informed.
Vegan-only food offer ‘not breach of rights’
14/03/22
A DECISION to serve only vegan food at meetings is not against human rights, according to Oxfordshire County Council. The council’s cabinet is due to approve a decision to serve only plant-based food at its meetings next ...
£7,000 grants for groups and events passed
21/03/22
ALMOST £7,000 in grants has been awarded by Henley Town Council to community organisations and events. Members of the council’s finance committee approved seven applications for funding and rejected three. Henley Choral ...
‘We must work together to recover from pandemic’
THE leader of Wokingham Borough Council has urged people to continue to take care now the coronavirus restrictions have been lifted. John Halsall said: “While we are getting underway with living with covid, the virus ...
Rail HQ bid
28/02/22
A NEW national body for the country’s railways could be based at Didcot. South Oxfordshire District Council is to submit an expression of interest to host the headquarters for Great British Railway, which will be ...
Councillors clash over cash crisis
17/10/22
THE leader of the Conservatives on Reading Borough Council has defended the Government’s “mini budget”. Clarence Mitchell, who represents Emmer Green, was speaking after the “fiscal event” received widespread ...
£88,000 for deep cleans
04/07/22
SOUTH Oxfordshire District Council is putting money into a deep cleaning project to tackle areas which need a spruce-up. It has set aside £88,000 of its Climate Action Fund to pay for extra work at nominated ...
£900,000 in grants
30/11/22
SOUTH Oxfordshire District Council has released almost £900,000 to help pay for community improvements over the last six months. The money comes from the Community Infrastructure Levy, which is paid by ...
Campaign to cut road deaths to zero
27/06/22
OXFORDSHIRE County Council wants to eliminate all deaths and serious injuries in road crashes in the county. It has launched Vision Zero, an initiative designed to reach the target by 2050 with ...
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