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Across Newbury and our villages, people are being pushed to breaking point by soaring fuel and heating oil prices, and the Government still has no plan.

February may be short, but it has been a month filled with important work—both in Westminster and across Newbury and West Berkshire. From housing and building safety to rural services, education, and the pressures facing our NHS, the issues residents raise with me continue to be at the heart of everything I do. Housing, Home Safety, and Leasehold Reform A safe, secure, and warm home remains one of the biggest determinants of health, stability, and opportunity. This month, I

Thames Water’s failures have pushed our rivers to breaking point. With illegal sewage spills on an industrial scale and our chalk streams among the worst affected, I’m calling for special administration to finally put the health of our waterways and the rights of billpayers ahead of offshore creditors.

I’m pushing to protect Newbury’s chalk streams and end the sewage scandal harming our precious waterways.

Parents across Newbury and West Berkshire tell me the SEND system is slow, complicated, and exhausting. Reform is unavoidable - but today’s White Paper still ducks the hardest questions families need answered.

The Government’s promise to write off £5bn in SEND deficits sounds good, but will it actually deliver? We've seen these promises crumble before.

After sustained campaigning, Chieveley has been formally included in a national A34 safety study – a major step toward long-overdue improvements.

A Newbury constituent has launched a national petition calling for an inquiry into CAMHS delays, as families across West Berkshire continue to face long waits for children’s mental health support.

Freezing student loan repayment thresholds is a stealth tax on graduates and it risks trapping a generation in decades of debt.

Thatcham Level Crossing has frustrated residents and businesses for years. I’ve tabled an amendment to the Railways Bill to ensure high-delay crossings are reviewed, their impact assessed, and long-term solutions considered.

A round-up of January’s work in Parliament and Newbury and West Berkshire, including equestrian road safety, water and local priorities.

Communities are fed up with empty promises while rivers and coastlines are polluted. The Government’s Water White Paper was meant to deliver real reform, but it doesn’t go far enough. We need a complete overhaul of how water companies are run.

Children’s safety must come before big tech profits. I set out a smarter approach to online safety, shaped by families in Newbury and West Berkshire.

I recently brought together the Environment Agency, Thames Water and Action for the River Kennet to review progress on protecting our chalk streamsm and why continued action and accountability remain essential.

I met with Network Rail at Thatcham Level Crossing to discuss long-standing issues that residents have raised time and again, and to set out the work already underway to push for change.

I asked the Government to ensure new homes are not just built quickly, but safely, fairly and to a high standard.

I’ve secured a Westminster Hall debate in Parliament to push for stronger protections for horses and riders on UK roads.

I spoke in Parliament about why changes to the family farm tax still risk forcing local farms to be sold.

Lee Dillon MP outlines why he has signed the Good Business Matters Decision Makers Pledge and supports stronger guardrails on business responsibility.

I have been contacted by many constituents facing missing or delayed Evri parcels, particularly during the busy Christmas period.