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Reading MP Sir Alok Sharma steps down at next election
The Conservative MP for Reading West 鈥 and president of COP26 鈥 Sir Alok Sharma has announced he will not stand at the next general election.
He says he had informed the constituency association he did not wish to be a candidate for the revised seat of Reading West & Mid Berkshire.
大象传媒 Radio Berkshire's Sam Dixon-French has the story. You can read more by searching 鈥淎lok Sharma鈥 on the 大象传媒 News app.
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