Reading West MP Martin Salter today visited the Gresham Way trading estate at Deacon Way in his constituency to press for action to prevent travellers parking overnight in this location and adversely affecting local businesses.

The Labour Leader of Reading Borough Council, David Sutton, has warned the electorate to think carefully about what’s at stake at Thursday’s local elections following a recent survey on social care by the charity MENCAP which singled out only four English councils for special criticism.

The Chairman of the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee has strongly denied claims by the Reading Lib Dem councillors that the timing of the visit was designed to influence the outcome of the local election.

Reading West MP, Martin Salter, has urged the government once again to reject the campaign by the British Canoe Union (B.C.U) for statutory river access for non-powered craft.

Martin Salter the Labour MP for Reading West has added his name to two House of Commons Early Day Motions (EDMs) in support of the Gurkhas right to remain.

At the risk of sounding slightly tragic I’m one of the few people I know who will admit to actually enjoying canvassing voters at election time.

Reading West MP, Martin Salter, has steamed into the row over the 10p tax rate cut with a demand that the Chancellor announces a compensation package for low income people within the groups most affected by the tax changes.

On Wednesday 23rd April, Reading West MP Martin Salter will be going back to school to back the Campaign for Global Education Day of Action.

The House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee will be visiting Reading on Thursday 24th April, at the invitation of local MP Martin Salter, himself a member of the Committee, as part of their ongoing inquiry into modern policing.
The Committee will be holding a public evidence session from 11am until 12.30pm in the Town Hall, [...]

Reading West MP Martin Salter has promised the Mayor of Reading and Battle Ward Councillor, Chris Maskell and Labour candidate for Battle Ward, Gul Khan, that he will take the campaign for a pedestrian and cycle bridge at Cow Lane to the Houses of Parliament.