Matthew Barber elected as Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley Tuesday, 11 May, 2021 Conservative Party candidate Matthew Barber has been elected as the Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley in the May 2021 Local Elections. The next Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley has been announced as Conservative candidate Matthew Barber, receiving 313,148 of the votes cast. Having listened to residents from across the Thames Valley as part of his campaigning work and... Local News
Army cuts expose Brown's mistakes 22nd June 2009 If yesterday's Sunday Times report is to be believed(http://tinyurl.com/nb9fvy), two of Gordon Brown's biggest failures will beexposed even further. One is of... Opinions
Conservatives track record pays off 6th June 2009 Yesterday's County Council elections resulted in a ringing endorsement of the Conservative administration at County Hall. The Conservative majority on... Local News
"Journalistic made up frenzy" 13th May 2009 Stephen Fry was quite right when he described the current furore over MP’s expenses as a “journalistic made up frenzy”. The whole episode is undeniably... Local News
Bouncebackability of local Tories evident as they declare "business as usual" 13th May 2009 Vale Conservative Councillors insisted it was business as usual despite the news that local MP Robert Jackson had defected to the Labour Party. PPC for Wantage... Local News
We will remember them 21st March 2009 Faringdon paid it's respects to three fallen British soliders today. In what has sadly become a regular tribute organised by local representatives of the Royal... Local News
2009 Vale Budget 25th February 2009 My speech to the Vale of White Horse District Council in response to the Lib Dem budget:Not much has changed in the last year, except things have got worse. In... Local News
Launch of Abingdon School Zones Campaign 3rd September 2008 This week Conservatives in Abingdon have launched a campaign to consult parents and residents on the introductions of 20mph zones around schools in Abingdon... Local News
Conservatives gain in bad night for Lib Dems 14th March 2008 Lib Dems in the Wantage constituency were reeling last night from a number of heavy defeats in local government by-elections. Of four by-elections held... Local News
Wantage loses out as Lib Dems forced into U-turns 28th February 2008 Last night the Vale of White Horse District Council met in Wantage Civic Hall to debate the Council’s budget for the coming year. The Lib Dem Executive proposed... Local News