Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Newbury, Lee Dillon, is urging West Berkshire's Conservative MPs to join the growing rebellion against the Government's cuts to foreign aid spending.

The Liberal Democrats are calling for all EU citizens in the UK to be given the automatic right to stay, as new figures reveal that 330 living in West Berkshire are still waiting for the Home Office to process their applications – with just five weeks to go before the Government’s deadline.

Last Thursday, the Liberal Democrat candidate for the Newbury Town Council by-election in Clay Hill, Stuart Gourley, won the seat with 40% of the vote.

Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Newbury, Lee Dillon, has said that the lack of action on the Vagrancy Act, which criminalises homelessness, in the Queen's Speech means that the vulnerable will continue to go punished rather than helped.

Lee Dillon, Parliamentary Spokesperson for Newbury, has branded the Conservative plans for voters to have to show a form of ID in order to vote in future elections, announced in today's Queen's Speech, as unnecessary and illiberal.