Theresa May is continuing to campaign against car parking charges that were introduced in St Marks Hospital at the beginning of November. Theresa has taken up the concerns of many local residents with the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and Lise Llewellyn, Chief Executive of Berkshire East Primary Care Trust

Theresa May has welcomed the Government’s decision to listen to the calls from thousands of local campaigners and MPs and renew the contract for the Post Office Card Account with the Post Office. The account is currently used by nearly four million people to receive their state pensions, benefit payments and tax credits and if a private company had won the contract this could have meant another nail in the coffin for the already beleaguered Post Office network. In Maidenhead, Theresa received campaign cards from many constituents asking her to support the Post Office’s bid to retain the contract and save further closures.

Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon failed to rule out increased night flights over Maidenhead yesterday when questioned in the House of Commons by Theresa May. Theresa, who has opposed increased night flights and a third runway at Heathrow, spoke in a debate on Heathrow expansion and told Mr Hoon, “There is particular concern about night flights, so will the Secretary of State take the opportunity to guarantee that, whatever the Government do about capacity at Heathrow, there will be no increase in night flights?”

Having received around 100 letters from concerned constituents in the past few months, Theresa May has stepped up the pressure on the Government to announce whether it will compensate policyholders who lost out as a result of failures in Equitable Life.

Theresa May visted St. Piran’s Preparatory School on Monday to award the newly elected members of the School Parliament their badges.

Theresa May is supporting efforts to raise awareness of mental health issues by the Berkshire Heathcare Foundation Trust (BHFT). To coincide with World Mental Health Day on 10th October, BHFT will be launching a new website and hosting a number of information stands across the county, including in Maidenhead.

Theresa May is encouraging children in the Maidenhead constituency to make a special effort to walk to school this October as part of Walk to School Month. The month will see children around Maidenhead and throughout the country discover the health benefits of regular walking.

Theresa May is today launching a campaign for equal pay for women. The campaign is supported by TV presenter June Sarpong who recently launched the website ‘Politics & the City’. ‘Theresa May for Equal Pay’ will launch today as a group on Facebook and aims to generate greater awareness about the gender pay gap which still affects women today.

Theresa May has welcomed improvements to the flood warning service which will allow for more targeted local information to be accessed by people concerned about flooding. The new measures, announced by the Environment Agency, will allow local residents to access specific information about flooding in their area.

Theresa May is backing this year’s CSV Make a Difference Day and encouraging everyone in Maidenhead and the surrounding area to volunteer on 25th October 2008.