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Adele Barnett-Ward
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Labour Cllr for Thames Ward, Reading. Lead for Leisure & Culture. Doctoral Researcher. Feminist. Active Travel advocate. Views my own. I can indeed sing and you’re not the first to ask.
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A senior Reform cllr in Durham has admitted that the party's plan to lower council tax has encountered "huge headwinds"

At the time of writing, 5 councils won by Reform last year had proposed potential tax rises, leading rivals to accuse them of misleading voters, reports @matildamartin.bsky.social
Reform Councils Say 'Huge Headwinds' Are Thwarting Plans To Lower Tax
Reform UK-run local authorities are facing “huge headwinds”, one of the party’s cost-saving chiefs has admitted, as Nigel Farage’s party faces crit...
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January 8, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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Thanks to the Residents on the Orts Road estate who spoke to us today - great to hear so many ideas for how to use the additional funding the Thames Labour Councillors have secured for sprucing up the estate’s communal areas and the Kennet footbridge. #LabourWorkingAllYearRound
In the foreground there is a hand holding a leaflet with a photograph of the three Thames Labour councillors with the message ‘Thames Ward Labour Councillors Listening to Residents in your area today’. I the background there is a new playground with brightly coloured equipment Surrounded by mature trees and mown grass.
February 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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A cartoon about libraries for the Guardian.
Title: Methods of defending your local library from government cuts. 1. Comminity Support: families stand round the licrary with placards 2. Fortifications: The library now has crenellations, a high wall and guards with spears. 3. Camouflage: the library has been painted with a camouflage pattern. 4. Black magic: the library has been painted with a huge pentagram , a sorceror casts a spell from an altar. 5. Time Travel: weird machinery is attached to the library, it is in a prehistoric jungle, a dinosaur walks past. 6. Disguise: the library has been dressed to look like a vape shop 7. Attack!: the library has tank tracks and large mechanical arms, it speeds forth, a librarian urges it on from a hatch at the top.
February 11, 2024 at 9:30 AM