Twyford

New Hope for Library in Village Centre?

Your local Lib Dem councillors are trying to persuade the District Council to make a bid for Lottery funding for a new library in the centre of Twyford.
Bids can be made by councils for part of £80 million available nationally for libraries. If Wokingham District Council were to make a bid, the J W Greens site, still on the market at the time of writing, would be an ideal location in Twyford.
Last year your district councillors and many members of the local community campaigned for the council to acquire the J W Greens site. The Conservative leader of council claimed that there wasn’t enough money available; a successful bid would solve that problem.

Protecting the Vulnerable

Wokingham District Council, along with many other councils across the country, is currently considering changing its rules on who is eligible to receive social services help.
Given that more people are living longer, there is increasing demand for social services, particularly for the elderly. The Conservatives, who run the council, are proposing to tighten the eligibility criteria, to ease upward pressure on the social services budget.
The Lib Dem opposition accepts that there is a long-term problem that needs to be addressed. We have argued that the council should be pressing the government for more money to support social services for elderly and disabled members of our community. We have also said that the council should be looking across all its departments for savings rather than expect social services to bear the brunt by making deep cuts in services and substantially increasing charges.
Let’s not lose sight of the fact that the council’s social services budget supports some of the most vulnerable and needy in the District – surely they should be a priority in any civilized, caring community.

Twyford Liberal Democrats