The government has launched a consultation on options to reorganise local councils across Oxfordshire and West Berkshire.
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December 17, 2025
Council urges everyone to take part in Thames Water’s reservoir consultation
Published 17 December 2025 Vale of White Horse District Council is encouraging everyone in the local area to take part in Thames Water’s public consultation on the proposed South East Strategic Reservoir Option (SESRO), before the 13 January 2026 deadline. The feedback Thames Water gather will inform their Development Consent Order (DCO) application to the […]
December 15, 2025
Vale of White Horse District Council Leader Christmas Message 2025
Published 15 December 2025 A statement from Cllr Bethia Thomas, Leader of the Vale of White Horse District Council Looking back, I think it is fair to say that it has been another challenging year – but like many previous years, I feel we have all shown great resilience and responded with determination to everything […]
November 18, 2025
£96,000 funding boost to expand youth activities
Children and young people across Wantage, Grove and surrounding areas will continue to benefit from exciting youth activities, as Sweatbox Community Youth Services secures further funding.
November 17, 2025
Thames Valley leaders to pursue devolution deal
Leaders from across the Thames Valley are progressing plans to pursue a mayoral strategic authority (MSA) for the region, a new combined authority made up of a number of council areas, which would be led by a directly elected mayor.
November 17, 2025
Council Leader demands government intervention over escalating reservoir costs as public consultation opens
The Leader of Vale of White Horse District Council, Cllr Bethia Thomas, has written to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, calling for urgent action on Thames Water’s controversial South East Strategic Reservoir Option (SESRO).
