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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Patrick O'Hagan
Another year of above-average council tax rises? Patrick O'HaganBBC Berkshire political reporterBBCCouncil tax bills in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead are expected to exceed the government's 5% cap for the second year in a row. Just weeks after receiving new higher council tax bills for this year, people in Windsor and Maidenhead are being warned to expect more of the same in 2026. Bills in the Royal Borough went up by just under 9% last month.
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2 weeks ago |
ca.news.yahoo.com | Patrick O'Hagan
Council tax bills in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead are expected to exceed the government's 5% cap for the second year in a row. [BBC]Just weeks after receiving new higher council tax bills for this year, people in Windsor and Maidenhead are being warned to expect more of the same in 2026. Bills in the Royal Borough went up by just under 9% last month.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Patrick O'Hagan
Just weeks after receiving new higher council tax bills for this year, people in Windsor and Maidenhead are being warned to expect more of the same in 2026. Bills in the Royal Borough went up by just under 9% last month. Councillors are already making it clear the chances of limiting council tax rises to the government's traditional cap of 5% are slim to non-existent. The Borough says it's £30 million short of the money it needs every year to run all the services it has to provide.
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Patrick O'Hagan
Air pollution falls across Windsor and MaidenheadReutersAbout 2,000 people signed a petition calling for a reduction in pollution from car exhaustsPatrick O'HaganBBC Berkshire political reporterPollution levels across four hotspots in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead have fallen significantly in the last year. In 2024 the council installed pollution sensors near busy roads in Maidenhead, Bray, Wraysbury and Windsor.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Patrick O'Hagan
Fixing the slip roads onto the A34 Patrick O'Hagan BBC Berkshire political reporter BBC Residents in Berkshire have raised concerns with the safety of the slip roads at East Ilsley and Beedon "To get onto the A34, drivers first have to make a perilous journey down what must be some of the most dangerous slip roads in England." So says the MP for Reading West and mid Berkshire, Olivia Bailey, who is calling for safety improvements to the slip roads leading from the villages of East Ilsley and...
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