£1.3bn cuts to NHS funding could pay for 32 million GP appointments
The Government’s planned real terms cut to the NHS budget could pay for England’s GP appointments for nearly 10 weeks, research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
13 Feb 2024
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From the chamber - Impact of new planning rules on our local plan
You may have heard conflicting or confusing information relating to the new Planning proposals that were issued by the Government just before Christmas.
12 Feb 2024
NHS
Lack of NHS dentists continues in Wokingham
Registering with an NHS dentist and getting treatment continues to be a problem in Wokingham. Over a year ago after Munira Wilson the Lib Dem MP for Twickenham mentioned the lack of NHS dentists in Wokingham in Parliament.
12 Feb 2024
MP celebrates campaign victory after plans to charge overnight stays at Preston hospital axed
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has warmly welcomed the news that health bosses have scrapped controversial plans to start charging patients who stay overnight at Royal Preston Hospital.
12 Feb 2024
Local News
More Blue on Blue action
This time it's local. If the self-destructive tendencies of the Conservative party in Westminster were not enough, it seems the desire to criticise fellow party members is alive and well and living in Derbyshire Dales. Read more...
RC
12 Feb 2024
David Kinnaird
A Letter to Mr Kruger
Dear Mr Kruger, Your unconditional acceptance of the behaviour of your friend Mr Dominic Cummings is profoundly disappointing. In your letter to the Gazette you have sought to downplay his actions and cast them as just the sort of act any man in that
DK
28 May 2020