Initial designs published for the Vale's new £18.8m leisure centre 6th September 2017 FEATURED IN TODAY'S OXFORD MAIL RESIDENTS will be asked to help design a new £18.8m leisure centre for southern Oxfordshire from this week. Vale of White Horse... Local NewsMedia
One council will be better for everyone 22nd February 2017 FROM TODAY'S HERALD SERIES... "A unitary council will deliver a better Oxfordshire". After South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils announced... Local NewsMediaOpinions
If we work together we could have the answer to a better Oxfordshire 27th January 2017 A single, unitary council could save money but it must be right for local communities in Oxfordshire, writes Matthew Barber, Leader of Vale of White Horse... Local NewsMediaOpinions
Time for police and fire services to come under one roof, says new deputy police commissioner 20th January 2017 From the Oxford Mail... MERGING the control of Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue with Thames Valley Police would save money and improve services, the region's new... Media
The Issue - Oxford Mail 19th August 2015 My latest contribution to the Oxford Mail's The Issue column... I have written in these pages many times before about the need to build new homes in Oxfordshire... Local NewsMediaOpinions
Defending the Right to Buy 1st July 2015 My recent article for the Oxford Mail on the Government's plans to extend the Right to Buy... Since the original Right to Buy was introduced in 1980 around 1.5... Local NewsMediaOpinions
County's economic strength is no flash-in-the-pan 23rd June 2015 My article for the Oxford Times inbusiness magazine... The perfect mix of enterprise and innovation has put Oxfordshire on the map, says Matthew Barber, leader... Local NewsMediaOpinions
