Following the 8-day public inquiry into Thames Water’s appeal against Reading Borough Council’s decision to reject their application to develop the Bath Road Reservoir site, the Inspector’s decision was announced today.  read more »

The Department of Transport has announced that a £13 million scheme to improve access to an upgraded Reading Station has taken an important step forward with the Department announcing that it will be investing £9.6m towards improving access to Reading station, which is one of the most critical rail hubs in Britain.  read more »

Local MP Alok Sharma, joined constituents at the Eastern Area Planning meeting on 15th December, which rejected Bellway Homes’s planning application to build 74 homes on the Underwood Road site in Calcot.  read more »

Reading West MP Alok Sharma made an early start to visit Royal Mail’s West Reading delivery office based in Loverock Road on Friday 3rd December to see how local postmen and women deal with the increase in mail in the run-up to Christmas.  read more »

Alok Sharma joined Ricky Josey, head of Theale’s Future Environment Group, employees from a number of local businesses, and representatives of West Berkshire District Council and Theale Parish Council on Friday 3rd December to help publicise Theale village’s tree planting scheme.  read more »

Alok Sharma visited the offices of local charity, Berkshire Community Foundation (BCF) on Friday 3rd December.  read more »

Alok Sharma, MP for Reading West, met on Friday 26th November with his constituents Aileen Davis and Linda Downey, who are Ambassadors for Cancer Research UK and formed part of a group of 74 Cancer Research UK Ambassadors who visited Westminster earlier this month under the banner of the “Commit to Beat Cancer” campaign.  read more »

Reading West MP Alok Sharma was invited to open the Christmas Fayre at Argyle Community Church, west Reading on Saturday 27th November.  read more »

Victims of carbon monoxide poisoning had an opportunity to tell their stories to Reading West MP Alok Sharma when the latest Carbon Monoxide (CO) Awareness campaign was launched in the Houses of Parliament earlier in November.  read more »

Reading West MP Alok Sharma showed his support for Reading Association for the Blind (RAB) by attending the Association’s Annual Open Day.  read more »