Housing benefit insufficient for more than two in five Woking families with children – as experts warn child poverty set to increase. Housing benefit is insufficient for more than two in five households with children living in private rental accommodation …

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Ombudsman received dozens of complaints about Surrey and Borders Partnership Trust last year. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman received dozens of complaints about Surrey and Borders Partnership Trust last year, figures show.

1 day ago · Woking produced a thoroughly professional performance to win 3-0 at Gainsborough Trinity in the fifth round proper of the FA Trophy on Saturday and reach the quarter-finals for the first time in four years. Neal Ardley named a full strength line-up for the Cards’ first trip to Gainsborough Trinity ...

2 days ago · A government spokesperson said: "No person should be in poverty – that’s why we’ve extended the Household Support Fund again, are maintaining Discretionary Housing Payments and are giving an extra £233 million to councils directly for homelessness, including the largest-ever investment in prevention services, taking the total to nearly £1 billion for 2025-26.

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2 days ago · Woking's motorists will have nine road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week. And six of them are expected to cause moderate delays – with drivers facing waits of between 10 minutes and half an hour. The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways ...

However, because there is not enough brownfield land in the country to meet housing needs, the Government will allow the targeted release of so-called grey belt land, which includes disused petrol stations and car parks on parts of protected land known as the green belt.

To balance its budget last time out the council needed “an unprecedented provisional Exceptional Financial Support package” from the Government that included £235.1million to address historic issues including the repayment of £155million of loans made for day to day running expenses and further £95.6million for 2024/25.

3 days ago · Victoria Way is a critical thoroughfare for our town. Its repeated closure due to cladding falling from the Hilton Hotel is completely unacceptable – Woking deserves far better. This problem has persisted for several years now. Woking residents and businesses have understandably had enough. The ...