Reading West MP, Martin Salter, will be meeting next month with lock-keepers and the Environment Agency (E.A.) to ask the E.A to reconsider their decision to dispose, by sale or letting, of 22 lock-keepers’ homes along the Thames, including the residence at Blake’s Lock in Reading.

Reading West MP, Martin Salter, this week highlighted the lack of social care for many elderly and vulnerable people in Wokingham and West Berkshire at Prime Minister’s Question Time (Wednesday 21st May).

Martin Salter, Labour MP for Reading West, has this week welcomed a joint declaration from the TUC, the CBI and the Government to give temporary and agency workers the same employment rights as permanent employees.

After the excitement of the local elections which saw Labour win five of the seven Reading Borough Council wards in my constituency it has been back to normal for myself and my staff.

Martin Salter, Labour MP for Reading West last week called for a re-think over retrospective increases in Vehicle Excise Duty for older cars, in a House of Commons Debate on the subject.

Reading West MP, Martin Salter, has marked World Hepatitis Day (March 19th) by calling on the government to do make hepatitis a priority by raising awareness of the shocking fact that approximately 1 in 12 of the world population is infected with chronic hepatitis B or C.

Reading West MP, Martin Salter, has been appointed to the Draft Marine Bill (Joint Committee) by Parliament. The Committee of MPs and Lords will scrutinise every aspect of the Draft Marine Bill and examine comments from stakeholders and other interested parties.

Reading West MP Martin Salter has welcomed the statement made today in the House of Commons by Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling announcing compensation for those disadvantaged by the repeal of the 10p tax rate.

Reading West MP, Martin Salter, has tabled a parliamentary motion in support of the Trade Union campaign calling on employers to do more to promote green behaviour in the workplace, in light of the devastating potential economic consequences of climate change.

Here’s a story you won’t read in any national newspaper. Labour won the local elections in Reading last Thursday and once again bucked the national trend.