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Lee Dillon MP expresses concern over the latest increase in the energy price cap, warning that rising energy bills will place further strain on households across Newbury and West Berkshire already facing cost-of-living pressures.

I welcome the return to the £2 bus fare cap, but rural communities need a wider package of support to ease the cost-of-living.

£1.5 billion in Child Trust Funds remains unclaimed. Through the Share Foundation’s proposals, it’s time to reunite them.

As part of my work on the Housing, Communities, and Local Government Committee, I am pushing for stronger leasehold reforms to tackle unfair charges and give residents greater control.

In Parliament, I challenged the government over whether it would genuinely allow proper scrutiny of the Prime Minister to run its course.

I challenged the Chancellor on ever-rising costs for families and farmers across Newbury and West Berkshire, with appropriate relief still missing.

I welcome the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire, but families in West Berkshire still need urgent support as high costs remain for months to come.

I pressed the Prime Minister to use rising fuel tax revenues to provide immediate support for households and push for a de-escalation in the Middle East.

I welcome the lifting of the two-child Universal Credit limit - a change the Liberal Democrats have long championed. However, with costs rising again, we must provide immediate support to help families now, while tackling child poverty at its roots.

Lee Dillon MP welcomes a major step forward as thousands of local children become eligible for free school meals after raising the issue in Parliament.