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January food waste recycling hits record high in Reading as campaign drives 15% increase in two months

  • Food recycling in Reading for January broke all previous records
  • Residents thanked for their efforts and encouraged to continue or join in
  • Results come after a borough-wide campaign to drive participation
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Increased Funding for Rising Social Care Costs Proposed in Council Budget

  • Council will again direct additional funds for social care in its proposed budget
  • £4.7 million extra proposed for Adult Social Care and £3.8 million extra for Children's Services due to rising demand and cost pressures
  • Cost of caring for vulnerable children and adults accounts for more than 70% of the Council's proposed net service expenditure
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Reading to Reiterate Case to Keep All of Tilehurst in Berkshire

  • Consultation for the Oxfordshire Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) is now underway
  • Reading Council continues to support a review of its boundary if the Government agrees to create a new ‘Ridgeway’ council
  • Moving these Reading suburbs into the town fits Government criteria that LGR proposals should be based on ‘sensible economic geography’