Councillor Tony Page says the role has been 'a huge honour and privilege'.
The longest-serving councillor of a town in southern England has announced he is stepping down after 50 years.Breaking the news to his Labour colleagues, he said it had been "a huge honour and privilege to have represented the town centre area".
Mr Page was first elected at the age of 19 as a councillor for the now abolished Castle ward in 1973. He was also made an honorary Doctor of Letters at the University of Reading and opened the new Rivermead Leisure Centre.Mr Page was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Reading Announcing his retirement, Mr Page paid tribute to his party's record in his five decades in local politics.
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