Last Thursday evening, Reading West MP Alok Sharma was a panel member on the UK’s first Engineers’ Question Time, organised by the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) Berkshire Network, which took place at the University of Reading’s Whiteknights Campus.  read more »

Alok Sharma, local MP for Reading West, visited Prospect School in Tilehurst last Friday to learn about the school’s participation in the Sky Sports Living for Sport programme and to congratulate Prospect pupil Idrees Saleem who was voted South East regional winner in the Sky Sports Living for Sport awards.  read more »

Reading West and Reading East MPs Alok Sharma and Rob Wilson respectively, welcomed £4.9 million of new funding for sustainable transport schemes in Reading awarded by the Department of Transport.  read more »

On Friday 1st July, Reading West MP Alok Sharma opened the new Calcot Neighbourhood Police Office.  read more »

Local MP Alok Sharma was invited on Friday 1st July to Prospect School in Tilehurst to talk at a special assembly to Year 8 students about their participation in the ‘Send My Sister to School’ campaign.  read more »

Local MP Alok Sharma was delighted to hear that Food4Families’s community allotment project ‘Reading GrowAllot’ has won a £52,000 lottery grant as a result of taking part in the Jubilee People’s Millions competition.  read more »

Reading West MP Alok Sharma has welcomed the decision by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and the Planning Inspector to reject Blue Living’s application to build 750 homes and commercial space on the Pincents Hill site.  read more »

Reading West MP Alok Sharma raised the issue of public sector pensions at Prime Minister’s Questions today.  read more »

On Saturday 25th June, Reading West MP Alok Sharma was invited to present prizes at the Duchess of Kent House Charity’s five-a-side Football Tournament.  read more »

Local Reading West MP Alok Sharma and Chairman of West Berkshire District Council Councillor Peter Argyle jointly opened the Holybrook Festival 2011 on Sunday 26th June.  read more »