Speaking in the Budget debate in the House of Commons, Alok Sharms welcomes moves to support small businesses such as the reduction in corporation tax and simplification of the tax system.

Alok Sharma made his maiden speech in the House of Commons during a debate on emerging economies. He paid tribute to his predecessor Martin Salter and, as is tradition, gave a brief outline and history of what is now a very modern Reading.

Alok Sharma, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Reading West recently blogged about Andrew Lansley’s visit to the Castle Hill Dental Clinic on the Tilehurst Road for the blue blog on the Conservative Party’s website.

You can read Alok’s blog entry here.

Alok Sharma and his Conservative campaign team have launched their campaign today with a flurry of activity across the Reading West constituency. Teams of local election candidates and helpers have been supporting Alok delivering the first election leaflet to thousands of households and shoppers in key locations.

Alok Sharma, the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Reading West, met in Parliament with Jeremy Hunt MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, to present the local petition signed by around 900 Reading people calling on the Government to stop their proposed Music Tax on charity and voluntary groups.

The Conservative and Green Party candidates in Reading West for the forthcoming General Election have joined forces to sign a Clean Campaign Pledge and will be inviting other parliamentary candidates in Reading West to also sign-up.

Alok Sharma, the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Reading West, has called into question the value of Reading's latest LDF consultation process following correspondence with Reading Borough Council's planning department regarding the Bath Road Reservoir site.

Parents and governors at All Saints Infants School in Reading, who are continuing their campaign to expand the school to take pupils upto year 6 and double the school roll to 120 pupils, had disappointing news regarding allocation of school places for children leaving All Saints at the end of the summer term.

Reading West Conservative Parliamentary Candidate, Alok Sharma, joined with Reading East’s Conservative MP, Rob Wilson, this week to express their concern as official Government figures have revealed that over 1,000 pupils every school day are being suspended or expelled from schools for physical assaults, verbal abuse and threatening behaviour on both pupils and teachers.

Across Reading, there were 390 suspensions for assaults and abuse – equivalent to 2 exclusions for each school day, in the last recorded year.

Alok Sharma, Reading West Conservative Parliamentary Candidate, joined with Reading East MP, Rob Wilson, this week to welcome major new policies from Conservatives to reform England ’s ‘broken’ planning system. A new system of devolved democracy and neighbourhood involvement will help deliver sustainable development across Reading. Government targets and unelected quangos will be scrapped, to be replaced with collaborative working and new incentives to promote and reward the building of local homes and new jobs.