I am the first person to stand up and bang the drum for Newbury - we're a great market town with a great sense of community. We're above average in almost every respect - most notably in employment and affluence, yet still we seem to be letting our young people down by failing to provide them with the education they so badly deserve.

The Minister for Rural Affairs has had an incredible year for ill thought-out policy u-turns.

Today sees the launch of the Canal & River Trust - the new waterways charity in England and Wales.

I'm a big believer of it's not where you're from, it's what you do that matters. Richard Benyon is one of the richest landowners in Berkshire, the great, great, great grandson of a former Prime Minister Lord Salisbury and lives in a Tudor Mansion. He is firmly in the 1% and it doesn't bother me at all.

Flooding is the biggest environmental threat facing the UK, according to Defra chief Scientist Sir Bob Watson. The risks of flooding are projected in increase significantly across the UK.

Fisheries ministers have welcomed news that any decision on reductions in fishing time for British vessels will be delayed. Scottish Fisheries Secr...