Member of Parliament for Newbury, Richard Benyon MP, has been elected by his fellow Members of Parliament to serve on the Defence Select Committee.

Richard Benyon has today met with members of the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce to discuss the outlook for business in West Berkshire.

Richard Benyon has welcomed the Prime Minister’s final speech to the Conservative Party Conference, before next year’s General Election.In his speech, the Prime Minister announced that a future Conservative government will give 30 million people a tax cut. He pledged that, by the end of the next Parliament, the tax free Personal Allowance will increase from its current level of £10,000 to £12,500. He also announced the Higher Rate Threshold, at which people start paying 40 per cent tax, will be increased from £41,865 to £50,000. 

Richard Benyon MP is to chair a public meeting at Newbury Town Hall, on 8 October from 18:00 - 19:30, alongside the All2together (West Berkshire Minority Ethnic Forum), to promote greater cultural understanding amongst communities in West Berkhsire.

Richard Benyon MP is to host a Pensioner's Fair, at Fair Close Day Centre, Newbury, on Friday 12th September from 14:30 - 17:00.

Following the launch of West Berkshire Council's Housing Site Allocations Development Plan, which is now out for consultation, Member of Parliament. Richard Benyon, has moved to ensure concerned residents make their views unknown.

Last night, Member of Parliament, Richard Benyon, hosted an open public meeting to disucuss the ongoing situation in Gaza, with constituents.

Last Friday, Member of Parliament, Richard Benyon, hosted an open constituency surgery at Sainsbury's in Newbury.

Member of Parliament, Richard Benyon, will be holding an open surgery for constituents at Sainsbury’s supermarket in Newbury, this coming Friday from 10:00 – 12:00.

Richard said: “Open surgeries are a great way for people who have an issue, or an opinion on a particular topic, to voice it without having to pick up the ‘phone, type an e-mail, or book for a more formal appointment at my office.”

Member of Parliament, Richard Benyon, will be hosting a public meeting, open to all constituents, this coming Monday at Newbury Town Hall, to discuss the ongoing situation in Gaza.
Announcing the meeting, Richard said: “The crisis unfolding between the Israelis and the Palestinians is utterly deplorable and one which my constituents and the nation care deeply about.”