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I heard a great quote by Wayne Hemingway about why people object to development. Not because they don't want homes to live in but because we've put it all in the hands of profiteers who build crap, where we don't want them, without infrastructure for maximum profit. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oxford City Council reorganisation plan criticised as 'land grab'
Oxford City Council proposes that nearby villages be absorbed under its governance.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I heard a great quote by Wayne Hemingway about why people object to development. Not because they don't want homes to live in but because we've put it all in the hands of profiteers who build crap, where we don't want them, without infrastructure for maximum profit. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wheatley is very grateful that you are keeping up the pressure on this. We can't afford to rest on our laurels and risk a repeat of these shocking scenes from September last year.
📽️ Footage from the devastating Sept 2024 floods in Wheatley.
The official report confirms what locals knew: blocked drains, surface water & overwhelmed sewers made it worse.
Some action’s begun but urgent steps are still needed
Thanks to Cllr Tim Bearder & Alison Sercombe for keeping up the pressure
The official report confirms what locals knew: blocked drains, surface water & overwhelmed sewers made it worse.
Some action’s begun but urgent steps are still needed
Thanks to Cllr Tim Bearder & Alison Sercombe for keeping up the pressure
July 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Wheatley is very grateful that you are keeping up the pressure on this. We can't afford to rest on our laurels and risk a repeat of these shocking scenes from September last year.
Really hope we can deliver a sensible outcome here
Henley & Thame MP Freddie van Mierlo has joined Horspath's fight to save the local post office. The 'outreach' post office which had operated in the Community Hub for three hours a week, closed in March, having provided a valuable service for those unable to travel further.
June 2, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Really hope we can deliver a sensible outcome here
It's election time and the Conservatives are trying to shift the blame for their own failings. Over successive years central government has given local authorities a fraction of what it costs to maintain the roads and now they want to blame @libdems.org.uk @eddavey.libdems.org.uk ...
March 31, 2025 at 6:45 AM
It's election time and the Conservatives are trying to shift the blame for their own failings. Over successive years central government has given local authorities a fraction of what it costs to maintain the roads and now they want to blame @libdems.org.uk @eddavey.libdems.org.uk ...
What has this Government been doing for the last 14 years?! Wes Streeting's plan to have a plan lacks the urgency needed to tackle the immediate social care crisis left by the Conservatives including the chronic shortage of trained care workers.
January 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
What has this Government been doing for the last 14 years?! Wes Streeting's plan to have a plan lacks the urgency needed to tackle the immediate social care crisis left by the Conservatives including the chronic shortage of trained care workers.