1. How many complaints have been made to your council about Union Jack flags or St George's flags which have been attached to lampposts since the start of August 2025?
Please note that a search was made using the following words to answer the questions: Union, Jack, Flag, George, GB, England, UK
In the period 1 August to 20 November 2025, 11 reports were made to Wokingham Borough Council regarding flags attached to street lights or lampposts, not all reports/complaints specify which type of flag. The reports were submitted to the Council via the “Report a Problem” feature of the Wokingham Borough website at https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/roads/report. 2 complaint forms were received through our complaint process: https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/complaints

2. In addition to that, are you able to share any snippets of what complainants have said in their correspondence - have they said they feel threatened by the flags, or that they want them taken down?
The following comments were supplied in the 11 reports to Wokingham Borough Council through Report a problem. The comments have been redacted to remove any information that might identify individuals or locations.
Union jack hung from council lampost outside of... Unsure who's responsibility it is to remove it.
Flag attached to streetlight outside…
Someone has tied a flag to the lamppost immediately on the left of the entrance to the... I don't know who but do know why and object to it being placed there as if signifying the opinions of the estate, which it's not. I would be grateful if you could remove it straight away to save me having to do it myself, I'm getting on a bit for that. Please confirm to me that you will be taking action. Thank you.
Stupid flags
England flags being attached to lamp posts
Flags being installed on lampposts. No ppe or permission.
England flags are being put up on all of the lamp posts along…
Flags on lamp posts
England flags attached to every lamp post to incite hatred
3 People are putting up flags in lamp posts.
Flags - people are putting up dozens of flags using a stepladder