Official X account for members and supporters of Restore Britain within the Vale of White Horse. Covering Oxford West, Witney, Abingdon, Didcot & Wantage.restorebritain.org.uk/join_us OxfordshireJoined February 2026
Yesterday the government confirmed a major shake up of local government across Oxfordshire and West Berkshire, with the current seven councils set to be replaced by three new unitary authorities from April 2028. This marks one of the most significant structural changes to local governance in the region in decades.
🏛️ The new councils
• Greater Oxford Council covering Oxford and its immediate surroundings
• Northern Oxfordshire Council covering most of Cherwell and West Oxfordshire
• Ridgeway Council combining South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse and West Berkshire
These changes follow a statutory consultation held in early 2026.
📅 Timeline to 2028
• Autumn 2026 Structural Changes Order expected
• May 2027 elections for the new shadow authorities
• Late 2026 to March 2028 transition period
• April 2028 new councils take effect
🌱 What this means for communities
Cllr Bethia Thomas, Leader of Vale of White Horse District Council, emphasised her disappointment at the decision.
Key concerns raised by residents included:
• safeguarding the distinct character of rural villages
• protecting countryside and green spaces
• ensuring rural voices are not overshadowed by larger urban priorities
Around 23,000 Vale residents across nine parishes will move into the Greater Oxford authority, including Appleton with Eaton, Cumnor, Kennington, North Hinksey and Wootton.
This reorganisation will reshape how services are delivered, how communities are represented and how local priorities are set.
🗳️ Local elections
The government has confirmed that elections for the new shadow authorities will take place in May 2027. These shadow councils will oversee the transition period and prepare the new authorities for vesting day in April 2028. Their role will be central in setting early priorities, establishing governance arrangements and ensuring continuity of services for residents……
🤔 What are your thoughts on this decision?
Today at the Let's stand together for Bicester, Say No to the Asylum Centre at Site A Bicester #Bicestertogether
I took this photo at the protest which speaks clearly and hit's home moreso than words can ever do. Today on display was I believe heartfelt deep concern on what has essentially been a timebomb dropped into the mist of a longstanding family, tightly bound, traditional semi-rural community. Not wanted, Never asked for and a burden on the lives, safety and liberty of the many residents and their families.
The people of Bicester and Arncott did a good job today, you have my support and I respect the effort made. Many came today to show their support and to those that had the courage to speak well done 👏
To those I met today and had the privilege to talk with thankyou.
To those who took a Restore Britain flyer may you join us and be a part of Restoring Britain.
God bless 🙏
“Orcs do not build. They destroy. They conquer. They take what belongs to others and smash what they cannot possess”
But the Shire is not saved by kings or wizards. It is saved by hobbits who refuse to yield. By neighbours who stand together. By those who know that a small place can hold great meaning, and that peace is not a gift but a duty.
So let it be said plainly.
We will not bow to those who thrive on ruin.
We will not let our fields be trampled or our homes twisted into something unrecognisable.
We will guard what is ours, not out of pride but out of love.
For the Shire is worth defending.
And as long as hobbits stand upon its soil, it will endure.
Join volunteers in Carterton on 18 July for a community leaflet distribution day!
The team will meet at Carterton Town Hall at 9:30 AM before heading out at 10:00 AM.
Come along and join in! Everyone is welcome to take part and all materials and routes are prepared in advance.
See you there!
It’s great to actually see the St George’s Cross flying high over Oxford Town Hall and Carfax Tower ahead of the Mexico vs England match.
Come on England! ⚽🎉
P.S. Leave it up. No complaints here!
Restore Britain has set out its landmark Energy Security Outlook, a clear Britain‑first plan to deliver cheap, reliable and abundant power.
After years of soaring bills, grid fragility and avoidable decline, this forty‑two page blueprint sets out how Restore Britain believes costs can fall, industry can recover and national energy independence can be rebuilt.
Britain was a net energy exporter within living memory. It can be again.
Cheap, reliable energy is national prosperity.
I am both humbled and thrilled to have been asked by @RupertLowe to be Restore Britain’s spokesman on National Security.
The security and defence of the nation, the British people, our overseas territories, and our interests at home and abroad is perhaps the most important task in British politics.
The appalling neglect of our defence and the erosion of our policing and border security over decades makes the task all the more crucial and urgent.
In formulating national security policy and coordinating relevant parts of our defence, policing, borders, and foreign policies, amongst others, I will ensure @RestoreBritain delivers the gold standard when it comes to keeping the British people safe. No other standard is acceptable.
I’m delighted to announce Henry Bolton OBE (@_HenryBolton) as Restore Britain’s spokesman on national security - Henry is responsible for developing and maintaining the framework that ensures the party’s policies are effective in preserving, protecting, securing and defending the
Every pub carries its own character. The landlord’s personality. The history on the walls. The regulars’ stories. Together they form a place that feels lived in and recognisable.
A pub becomes part of a neighbourhood’s identity. When a village loses its pub, it often feels like it has lost its heartbeat.
Pubs sit at the centre of British life because they do something few other places manage. They turn strangers into neighbours. They turn neighbours into a community. They offer routine, warmth, familiarity and the quiet reassurance of shared space.
We must restore the British pub.
Introducing our latest policy paper - Impartial Service to the Law: Restoring British Policing.
Authored by our national security spokesman, @_HenryBolton, who himself has extensive experience in the police as an officer on the frontline.
The paper argues that the problems facing British policing are not a matter of funding or numbers but of structure, culture, and principle.
It sets out a programme of legislative and institutional reform designed to restore public trust, remove political interference, and return impartial policing to every community in Britain.
Central to the plan is a Police Restoration Act, which would restore the Office of Constable, reinstating the independent legal status of police officers and removing the political and ideological influences introduced by the Police Reform Act 2002.
The paper argues that this Act was the turning point that allowed external bodies, political pressure, and ideological doctrine to infiltrate policing and erode public confidence.
A properly detailed and comprehensive plan to restore British policing.
This is what we need. Not empty rhetoric, but a plan.
Restore Britain has delivered that plan.
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Three MPs so far on our open letter opposing 'safe and legal' routes for yet more refugees, and pledging to deport those who arrive using Labour's new scheme.
Myself, @GavinWilliamson and @JMcMurdockMP.
The British people do not want this - we must fight it in THIS parliament.
Proud to say the admin on this page has been helping with the Oxford University FOI connected to the brilliant work @blaiklockBP has been doing on Halal.
A detailed and genuinely eye‑opening website has now been published. Read it, share it, and if you can, support the next phase of work.
Right now, many of us are unknowingly buying and eating meat that doesn’t align with our Christian values. Halal and Kosher slaughter have no place in this country.
@RestoreBritain will end it.
The Halal website is now live. This is research and legal cases to date. I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the Judicial Review fund. There is still a lot of work and research to do and the school results are still coming in all the time.
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Former Reform UK Senedd candidate. Now Restore Britain. NHS employee. Views my own.
Faith, family, community, country.
Debate, not abuse.
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