Team captain Will Hall, District Councillor for Henley South, said “It’s been an interesting competition so far and we are hugely looking forward to representing our wonderful town in the final round.”

The event is from 1-5pm on the 24th of June and tickets are £20 (£10 for under 25yrs). Please contact the Branch Secretary a lesinhenley@gmail.com for tickets.

It’s bound to be an excellent day!

The total will be £115 million by 2014 and the council could just have easily cut funding to the library instead.

All areas have had to take their share, except the fire and rescue service as it’s vital and also children’s guardianship to prevent a Baby P case happening in Oxfordshire.

Cllr Hodgkin stated that I wished to see the Henley Youth Centre close. Total nonsense — I have been the one pressing for progress from the trustees in applying to the Big Society Fund.

It has taken well over six months to make any progress and while other youth services in Henley and the surrounding area have been successful, we now await to see whether there are any monies left in the pot.

Expenditure can only be matched by income unless Cllrs Hodgkin and Reissmann intend Henley to mimic Greece and Italy.

Why should the residents of Henley pay more to cover a rise in the mayor’s allowance? Other councillors have taken cuts in their allowances and a drop in mileage allowances.

If you want creative solutions for the youth of Henley, you need to make internal savings and that starts with the town hall.

Capital expenditure can only come from selling the family silver, the investments held, the income from which is a vital part of the finances of the town and trying to sell now in these perilous financial times is quite ridiculous.

I still await the date of the next value for money committee meeting which I regard as essential to keeping Henley’s finances in check.

Perhaps Cllr Reissmann will become more enthusiastic and show up for the next meeting when he realises that Henley needs to live within its means.

My new year’s forecast is that we will be having a similar conversation next year when the precept (your taxes) will have to rise by much more to cover the losses that will accrue from disastrous decisions taken by HRG while running this town council.

Elected to the Town Council were Cllr Sam Evans, Cllr Will Hamilton, Cllr Joan Bland, Cllr Lorraine Hillier, Cllr David Silvester and Cllr David Nimmo Smith.

Your new Conservative District Councillors are Cllr Joan Bland and Cllr William Hall

John Howell MP said: “Our democracy is built on a simple principle, one person, one vote and the right for that vote to be equal to all others. AV will put an end to this and that is why I am urging everybody in Henley to join me in voting No in the referendum on May 5th. AV is not going to fix our politics. In fact it will create a system which gives supporters of extreme parties such as the BNP multiple votes, while supporters of the mainstream parties will get only one way – how is that fair?”

Conservative Town & District Council Candidates

Henley Conservatives have nominated a ‘full set’ of candidates with a strong team of sixteen Prospective Councilors – for the sixteen Town Council seats, and four Prospective Councilors for the four District Council seats in Henley.

In it’s quest for a majority at the Town Council, the party has drawn on the strength and depth of local residents in Henley, who care about the town’s future.

Will Hamilton, Chairman of Henley Conservatives commented, “Whilst we have a fantastic Conservative MP, Conservative controlled County and District Councils, some people will be surprised to know that we are currently not in majority at the Town Council level, nor ironically what the Town Council does.”