Plans by the Borough Conservatives to build on the green belt without the necessary infrastructure improvements are continuing despite public opposition from residents and over 30 local community groups. This plan will build on our local green belt without providing any truly affordable housing on these sites, without sorting out many of the highways issues […]
Borough’s Children’s Services Savaged by Ofsted
On September 1st, Ofsted delivered a damning report on RBWM’s provision for children and young people with disabilities and special needs. The list of complaints is simply too long to reproduce here, but we felt this statement sums up the dire state of affairs: “Parents overwhelmingly report dissatisfaction with their experience of the system and […]
Government fails to deal with NHS and Social Care Crisis
Local Lib Dems have slammed the Government’s failure to provide enough extra cash for the NHS in today’s budget, warning that local services will struggle to cope with growing demand. Ahead of the budget the Liberal Democrats called for a £4 billion funding boost for NHS and care services this year. That would amount to […]
Will the Local Plan Stand-up for the Borough?
Imagine a visitor to the town arriving at the Maidenhead railway station and walking round the nearest corner (between King Street and Queen Street), then down York Road. This is supposed to be the ‘gateway’ to Maidenhead but what would they see? Mainly deserted premises and opposite the football ground entrance the row of houses […]
Royal Borough hero Sir Nicholas Winton would be “horrified” at plans to scrap child refugee scheme
Liberal Democrats have renewed calls on Theresa May not to abandon child refugees by scrapping the scheme which would save thousands of vulnerable children from squalid camps and people traffickers. This comes as pressure mounts on the Prime Minister over the decision, which was criticised by the daughter of Sir Nicholas Winton, the British humanitarian […]
Well done to the Borough’s Comprehensives
Pupils across the Borough, including those from a disadvantaged background, have performed well at Key Stage 4 as the confirmed results show above average attainment in many key areas. The new Progress 8 measure saw five Borough schools ((Newlands, Charters, Furze Platt, Cox Green and Windsor Boy) achieve above the national average with four others […]