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RBC 05.02.2026 011

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
RBC 05.02.2026 011

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’
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Reading to Consider City of Culture 2029 Bid

  • Reading to submit an initial Expression of Interest for City of Culture 2029 competition
  • If longlisted, a final decision on whether to proceed to the next stage and submit a full bid will be made by the Council and its cultural partners later this year