Photo of the New Wokingham Brough Council leader Clive Jones enjoying a beer at the Elms Field jubilee live music event last weekend. Lib Dems took control in May let’s see what the new leader is about to change or do for the Wokingham People.
The Lib Dems’ Clive Jones will become the authority’s leader after his 23 councillors, Labour’s three and two independents agreed to form the Wokingham Borough Partnership.
The arrangement – the first time the Conservatives have not run the council for 20 years
Mr Jones said the coalition would be based on “trust and openness”.
“We have worked together and an awful lot of people want to see political parties working together and that is what we are going to have in Wokingham,” he said.
Mr Jones, who will also stand as the Lib Dems’ candidate at the next general election in Wokingham, said he expected “quite a difficult year” because money in the authority was “very, very tight”.