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Thames Valley leaders to pursue devolution deal

  • Thames Valley leaders progressing plans to pursue a mayoral strategic authority
  • Shared ambition to secure new powers and funding set out in expression of interest letter to government 
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New campaign launches to increase food waste recycling in Reading

  • Campaign urges residents to ensure they use their weekly food waste collections
  • Residents to receive bin sticker, roll of caddy liners and leaflet over the next month
  • All food waste can be recycled, from meat bones to egg shells, tea bags, coffee grounds, mouldy bread and fruit and veg peelings
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Council to Protect Three Tilehurst Wards from Moving to Oxfordshire

  • Reading Council signals its intention to submit an LGR proposal which keeps all of Tilehurst in Berkshire, if Government agrees to ‘Ridgeway’ plans
  • Reading’s proposal follows period of public consultation which showed support from residents living in the urban areas of Tilehurst and Calcot
  • Council Leader: “Many of the people I have spoken to did not want to see Tilehurst and Calcot moving into Oxfordshire and having to go as far as Abingdon to access services.”