Reading's Liberal Democrats have welcomed the principle behind the Government's new High Value Council Tax Surcharge — but condemned Labour for designing it in a way that leaves Councils like Reading Borough Council doing all the work.
Reading Liberal Democrats are calling on Reading Borough Council to use every tool available to protect and expand the town's dwindling social housing stock, as the government's Social Housing Bill makes its way through the House of Lords.
A Reading Lib Dem Councillor has welcomed a detailed response from the Council's Lead Councillor for Climate Strategy and Transport to questions about Reading's climate preparedness — but says the response leaves key commitments still outstanding.
Reading Borough Council has committed to inviting Thames Water back before its scrutiny committee and to writing to the company's Chief Executive demanding answers over sewage discharges into the Foudry Brook.
Local Liberal Democrat Councillor James Moore has submitted a formal question to RBC's Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport Committee, demanding Thames Water return to face scrutiny after new data revealed a sharp rise in sewage discharges.
Reading's Labour-run Council is set to increase parking charges at Recreation Road and Dunstall Close car parks in Tilehurst, after rejecting a petition calling for free 30-minute parking to support local traders.