Labour Rose Church Ward-Reading East General election Edition - Delivered free of charge to your area

CONSERVATIVE CUTS CAUSE CRISIS IN CARE

Only Labour will properly fund the NHS and Social Care. Between 2013 and 2020 Reading They refuse to acknowledge let alone Council’s budget will have Breen cut from fund the giant funding gap the country from £40m to £2m, whilst demand for faces. The crisis is real and its happening the Council's services has RISEN. MORE now, the social care funding crisis is one older people now need and deserve of the main reasons the Royal Berks is at social care, and MORE young people breaking point. Around two thirds of the need school places. Imagine your Council’s budget is spent on education household budget being cut from £400 and adult social care. These are young per week to £20 per week-could you people who deserve a chance, the elderly cope? This is what Reading Council is and most vulnerable in our society, the being forced to do by the Tory cuts. Government should be adequately The number of older people with care funding these services. By providing needs will soon overtake the number of better care services locally we can also working age people available to provide reduce hospital admissions and therefore care. The state should be helping these the pressure on the NHS. But under this people but the Conservative party ProofGovernment we have seen services cut, continues to cut budgets and ignore the taxes like national insurance rise and issue. The Government has failed to national debt soar. The position this listen to calls from Councils, the NHS, Government including Reading's MPs, is charities, MP’s and care providers about putting our Council and vulnerable the funding crisis in social care. residents in needs to change, and June Reading Council has had its budget cut from £40m to 8th is our chance. £2m.

Councillors demand answers to NHS underfunding

South Reading Clinical Commissioning Group is The low level of funding in South Reading is the lowest funded in the whole of England. unacceptable and Councillors are calling on Tory These CCG's are responsible for the planning MP to act. Hundreds of signatures and commissioning of health care services for have already been collected by Councillors and the local area. South Reading is 150th out of a motion was unanimously passed at a recent 150 CCG’s in the UK. Average funding per head full council meeting to press ahead with action across the UK is £1221, compared to just £1000 to change this. Life expectancy in Whitley is 10 in South Reading. Health funding is also lower years lower than in wealthy Mapledurham in here than in north Reading. Your local GP's and North Reading. South Reading has higher needs the health centre do a great job for South but receives less funding, Rob Wilson won't look Reading but are increasingly doing so with one after the health needs of South Reading but hand tied behind their back. Labour and Matt Rodda will. Ashley, Eileen & campaigners asking for fairer health funding.

Campaigning and listening all year round

Your Labour Team for New Community hub for South Reading Church Ward and Reading East Reading Council and Whitley Community work of WCDA, Reading Council and local Development Association (the group who Councillors, we believe we have come up with Matt Rodda oversee the spending of the £1m lottery a proposal that will improve local facilities. It funding), have recently been working on a will see an upgrading of current facilities, a project for a New South Reading hub. The better library location with greater footfall new project will see the closure of the library's and a hub offering a wider range of services. current building at the bottom of Cressingham Road and for this to be relocated to the South Reading Community Centre. This has already seen the Whitley Cafe improve its current toilet and kitchen facilities, whereas the library will be located opposite in a new community hub. This will see facilities upgraded, meeting spaces maintained and entrances rationalized. The project has come  07789396917 about because of continued Government  [email protected] cuts to the Council's funding but due to the Councillors outside what will be the new community hub  15 Blenheim Road, Caversham, Reading RG4 7RT News and events from around Church Matt Rodda is has been a councillor for Katesgrove for The St. Patrick's Hall redevelopment was Notice boards by Linden Road have been several years. Matt says ''I am widely discussed with local residents and brought back into use & pot holes in delighted and honoured to planning officers via Councillors which various roads have been filled in with have been selected as the saw the University pull its application. We more to follow this summer. Our surgeries Labour parliamentary hope any revised proposal will fully are held on the first Saturday of every candidate in Reading East and consult with residents & the Council. month at the Whitley Café-10.30am-12pm. Official openings were also held for new I’m looking forward to the buildings at Ridgeway & Reading Girls campaign ahead. Labour came schools. This investment continues to a close second in 2015 and we show the Labour Council's dedication to can win the seat in this snap investing in local services. Councillors election. Every vote will count in attended the launch event of the new what promises to be a close neighbourhood action group which is election.'' another way residents can have their voice heard. New year's calendars wereProof delivered & an update will return in July. Ashley at the Whitley NAG launch event

Vote Labour and Matt Rodda on June 8th

This Tory Government has presided over 200,000 new homes will be built a year seven years of failure. Prices you pay in including Council homes to relieve the shops are up, national debt is up, Britain's housing shortage. In schools taxes like national insurance are up, and Labour will ensure primary class sizes do immigration is up. Meanwhile, wages are not exceed 30, all pupils from ages 4-11 down, life expectancy is down and will receive a free school meal and provision of public services is down. A secondary schools will receive higher Labour Government will put people at funding. In transport Labour will the centre of policies. With a Labour renationalise the railways so that they Government the national minimum wage work for people not profit. For a would increase to £10 per hour to give Government that works for you and not many a desperately needed pay rise. their party, vote for Labour and Matt

Reading East candidate Matt Rodda campaigning Rodda. for the NHS

FSC / Recycle Logo Dependant on choice of Print/PDF when placing order. Promoted by Carl Doran on behalf of on behalf of Matt Rodda, both of Reading and District Labour Party, PO Box 8188, Reading, RG30 9LE.