Property Management Charges
Tackling unfair property charges facing leaseholders and freeholders in new-build estates Thousands of families across our constituency are paying unfair and opaque property management charges. This particularly affects residents in new-build developments in Shinfield, Spencers’ Wood, Woodley and beyond. This issue comes up when I speak to constituents on the doorstep almost every week, and so I’ve made it one of my priority campaigns over […]
Thames Water
Holding Thames Water to account Thames Water have left customers drowning in ever-higher bills, while poisoning our rivers and paying out millions to water bosses. I am working with my colleagues in Parliament to pressure Thames Water to take action. In July 2025, I organised a meeting between MPs and Thames Water officials in their headquarters in Reading. I raised particularly poor […]
Street Parking and Traffic
Parking and traffic issues come up at every community catch-up I run, and for good reason: bad driving and parking puts lives at risk and makes it harder for disabled people and parents with buggies to get around properly. The local Council is responsible for dealing with most traffic issues, and I regularly meet with local Council leaders and the police. I’m happy to help ask about issues that you […]
Neighbourhood Safety
Keeping our area safe is one of my top priorities. Too many constituents tell me they’ve witnessed shoplifting, dangerous driving of e-bikes and scooters, and other reckless behaviour in public. The government is clear that we need to build back our neighbourhood police patrols. Thames Valley Police have moved their Reading headquarters to to a more accessible venue, Atlantic House on Imperial Way, and the government’s new […]