Alok Sharma, the Member for Reading West, who recently met with the Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (TVB LEP) to discuss business funding issues, has welcomed the launch of a new funding scheme, which will offer to finance to small and medium sized businesses in Berkshire.  read more »

Alok Sharma, the Member of Parliament for Reading West, today voted to support The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, as it received its Second Reading in the House of Commons.  read more »

Reading West MP Alok Sharma visited Moorlands Primary School in Church End Lane in Tilehurst on Friday 1st February. Alok met with Sian Randall, Acting Head of School, and was given a tour of the school by the Chairman of the School Council and two of his colleagues.  read more »

On Friday 1st February Alok Sharma, MP for Reading West, visited Waitrose Reading on Oxford Road to present three charities with Waitrose cheques, for a total of £3,000.  read more »

Alok Sharma, the Member of Parliament for Reading West, has held in Battle ward the second in a series of public meetings across Reading for residents to hear from senior Police officers. The meeting took place on Thursday 31st January at the Curzon Club, 362 Oxford Road and over 50 people attended.  read more »

Alok Sharma, the Member of Parliament for Reading West, has today welcomed the announcement today that the Government will provide a huge multi-million pound boost in funding for local authorities to build more homes across Reading, through the 2013-14 allocation of the New Homes Bonus.  read more »

Alok Sharma, the Member of Parliament for Reading West has today welcomed new statistics that show a record number of people in Reading West constituency started apprenticeships in 2011/12.  read more »

Alok Sharma, the Member of Parliament for Reading West, has today welcomed a Government funding boost for local schools, in the form of the ‘Year 7 Catch Up Premium’ for pupils falling behind at the end of primary school.  read more »

Alok Sharma, the Member of Parliament for Reading West, recently visited Battle Primary Academy on Cranbury Road, to take part in a question and answer session with year six pupils. Alok spoke about the role of Members of Parliament before answering questions from the pupils.  read more »

Alok Sharma, MP for Reading West, spoke on Friday 25th January at the Reading launch of The Enough Food For Everyone IF campaign which took place at Saint Laurence Church in Friar Street.  read more »