In her latest column, Olivia Bailey, the Labour MP for Reading West and Mid Berkshire, writes about her first 100 days in office, which has involved campaigning against school funding clawback and getting the government's agenda through parliament. Olivia writes: 

Just over a hundred days ago, I was honoured and humbled to be elected as the first Member of Parliament for Reading West and Mid Berkshire. Since then, my team has set up our office and we’ve been responding to constituents' enquiries. I’ve been proud to stand with schools against the unfair clawback of funds by West Berkshire Council and I have been working to tackle anti-social behaviour in Pangbourne and Tilehurst. And, I am incredibly proud to have supported the work of our Labour Government. In the first hundred days, we have achieved more than the Conservatives delivered over years. We’ve ended one-word Ofsted judgements, set up Great British Energy, ended the doctor’s strikes and we’ve started the work of putting our country back on track.

In just last couple of weeks we have: introduced the Employment Rights Bill to make work pay and fix the labour market that has seen too many people in poorly paid insecure work; delivered £63 billion of private investment through the International Investment Summit, which will create nearly 38,000 UK jobs; and, introduced new legislation to give renters greater security and stability so they can stay in their homes for longer, build lives in their communities, and avoid the risk of homelessness.

We have also brought forward a Bill to remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords – something that I am particularly passionate about. I recently met with A Level politics students from Little Heath School, who were knowledgeable and passionate about the power of politics to deliver positive change. Those students should have an equal chance to be able to make the laws of this country in both Houses of Parliament.

Along with Cllr Clive Taylor and Joan Lawrie from the Pincents Hill Against Development Campaign, I recently spoke at the West Berkshire Local Plan Inquiry hearing. I would like to thank all of the local residents who made submissions to the Inquiry and I hope that together we were able to effectively represent their views. Along with everyone involved in the campaign, I know just how important more affordable homes are for our communities, but Pincents Hill has consistently been shown to be an unsuitable site and has only been included in the revised plan due to successive administrations on West Berkshire Council bodging the process.