Conservative MP John Redwood in Westminster. Credit: PA. WOKINGHAM MP John Redwood has hit out at the EU after it threatened to impose restrictions that could impact the UK’s supply of Covid-19 vaccinations. On Twitter, the avid Brexiteer claimed the trading bloc “only believe in international law and rules when it suits them”. European leaders say they may impose strict export controls on Covid-19 vaccines produced inside the EU, and this could affect the UK’s supply of the Pfizer-BioNTech jab, which is made in Belgium. It comes after AstraZeneca was accused of failing to deliver the number of promised doses of its vaccine – that is mainly produced in the UK – to EU member states.
The announcement was made by the council earlier today on twitter, following a temporary suspension in garden waste collections made last week. Although the suspension was coronavirus related, as detailed by the WBC at the time, the percentage of staff affected was not revealed. The tweet from the WBC said: As of this morning, 40 per cent of our waste collection contractor s crews are off sick due to Covid-19⚠ Because of this garden waste collections have been temporarily suspended⚠ Doing this means we can continue your weekly general waste, recycling and food waste✅ pic.twitter.com/RL8ulZkjZs Wokingham Borough (@WokinghamBC) January 11, 2021
Almost 6,000 Wokingham households were claiming universal credit in August 2020 THE number of households claiming universal credit in Wokingham has almost doubled during the Covid-19 pandemic, new government figures show. Between March and August in 2020, the number of households claiming the means-tested benefit rose from 2,995 to 5,973 in Wokingham, which is one of the least deprived areas of the country. And during that six-month period, demand for the three foodbanks in Wokingham was 218 per cent higher than in the same period last year, as they provided food parcels for 1,668 adults and 1,338 children.
Wokingham Borough Council says demand for support “will continue to increase” in the coming months as people are hit by the financial impact of the pandemic.
“That’s the key principle we will be working under.” Under the current plans, polls will close at 10pm on Thursday, May 6, and the votes cast in the borough and town council elections will be counted the following day at Loddon Valley Leisure Centre. The count for the Police & Crime Commissioner vote will take place at the same venue on May 10. “I think it’s almost certain that the costs of running an election during Covid are going to be more expensive, for obvious reasons, than they would be in a so-called normal year,” said Mr Moulton. “I expect that if there are additional costs that local authorities incur through no fault of their own, then typically the government would seek to reimburse them.