• Make a contribution
  • Get the Print Edition
  • Sign up for our daily newsletter
Saturday, July 26, 2025
  • Login
Reading Today Online
  • HOME
  • YOUR AREA
    • All
    • Caversham
    • Central Reading
    • East Reading
    • Katesgrove
    • Reading
    • Southcote & Coley
    • Tilehurst & Norcot
    • Whitley

    PCC allocates nearly £2M in Home Office funding to counter serious violence in Thames Valley

    The Barberettes Shine at International Choir Competition in Europe

    Reading Rep announces team behind next production, The Last Five Years

    Reading Biscuit Factory set to celebrate fourth birthday

    Orthodox Bishop of Great Britain attends Reading church for major celebration

    PRIDE OF READING AWARDS: PACT is a ‘genuinely welcoming, nurturing environment’

    PRIDE OF READING AWARDS: PACT is a ‘genuinely welcoming, nurturing environment’

    PRIDE OF READING AWARDS: Meet the sponsors – Cherubs Floral Design

    PRIDE OF READING AWARDS: Meet the sponsors – Cherubs Floral Design

    Enjoy a spectacular afternoon tea of indulgent chocolate and sparkles

    Reading footbridge to close for footbridge in central Reading

  • COMMUNITY
  • READING FC
  • SPORT
    • All
    • Basketball
    • Football
    • Rugby

    Reading FC confirm new signing as midfielder joins on permanent deal

    Former Reading FC loanee joins rivals

    Reading FC sign German attacker on permanent deal

    Reading and Chelsea legend Kerry Dixon set for Q&A at Purple Turtle

    Ex-Reading star Ejaria on trial with former Royals manager

    League One side set to win race for former Reading FC young star

    Reading FC opinion: Where are the goals coming from this season?

    Reading FC midfielder Knibbs linked with Championship move

    Reading FC forward Ehibhatiomhan features in friendly despite unresolved future

  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • ARTS
    • READING FESTIVAL
    • READING PRIDE
    • WOKINGHAM FESTIVAL
  • PRIDE OF READING
  • OBITUARIES
  • JOBS
  • ADVERTISE
  • CONTACT US
No Result
View All Result
Reading Today Online
No Result
View All Result
Home Featured

Christmas greetings from Matt Rodda

The Reading East MP writes to you this festive season

Guest Contributor by Guest Contributor
Friday, December 24, 2021 8:00 am
in Featured, Reading
A A
reading east mp

Reading East MP Matt Rodda

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

It feels like only yesterday that I was writing my Christmas message for 2020 – looking back at the year and thinking how much the world had changed as a result of Covid19. I had hoped then that my Christmas message for 2021 might start with a celebration that we had beaten this awful virus life had returned to normal.

But sadly, we find ourselves still in the grip of the pandemic.

So I want to start this year’s message by thanking everyone who has worked so hard this year to keep us safe. From the NHS staff in our hospitals, the teachers in our schools working in bubbles, the emergency services, the retail and shop workers who keep us fed and the transport staff who have continued to ensure we can get around and to the countless others – including the hundreds of volunteers in the wonderful community groups and charities across Reading and Woodley – who without fuss or fanfare have done their bit to help our town and their community.

2021 has been a year of contrasts. The Olympics, Paralympics and Euro 2020 brought hope to so many sporting fans around the world and COP26 saw some tentative but positive steps towards a deal to finally tackle the climate change crisis.

Yet the murder of Sir David Amess reminded us of the fragility of our democracy and the need for politics to be a better, calmer and kinder place. I was so touched by the messages from constituents following the tragic events in Southend and I thank everyone who go in touch.

And we now face the omicron variant, continuing restrictions and more uncertainty about the future for families and businesses. My office has been supporting businesses desperately trying to access support and will continue to do so until this pandemic is over.

Related posts

VOTE 2024: Reading East MP Matt Rodda welcomes news of general election

GWR on Reading’s rail delays: ‘We share passengers’ concerns’

Reading East MP Matt Rodda calls for compensation for households affected by January water supply problems

Flooding risk from debris

Christmas, though, is a time to share, to love and to laugh.

As we head towards 2022, I would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Matt Rodda is the MP for Reading East

Keep up to date by signing up for our daily newsletter

We don’t spam we only send our newsletter to people who have requested it.

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

Tags: christmasmatt rodda
Previous Post

SPACEPHILLER: When children’s TV had a coven at Christmas

Next Post

Christmas greetings from the mayor of Reading

FOLLOW US

POPULAR STORIES

  • 47-year-old woman arrested after two pedestrians die in road traffic collision in Caversham

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Former Reading FC striker Andy Carroll joins new club in England after leaving France

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Masked men armed with weapons rob store in Reading

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • League One side set to win race for former Reading FC young star

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Reading FC forward given ultimatum over future at the club

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

RDG.Today – which is a Social Enterprise – provides Reading Borough with free, independent news coverage.

If you are able, please support our work

Click Here to Support RDG.Today

ABOUT US

Reading Today is dedicated to providing news online across the whole of the Borough of Reading. It is a Social Enterprise, existing to support the various communities in Reading Borough.

CONTACT US

news@wokinghampaper.co.uk

Reading Today Logo

Keep up to date with our daily newsletter

We don’t spam we only send our newsletter to people that have subscribed

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

The Wokingham Paper Ltd publications are regulated by IPSO – the Independent Press Standards Organisation.
If you have a complaint about a  The Wokingham Paper Ltd  publication in print or online, you should, in the first instance, contact the publication concerned, email: editor@wokingham.today, or telephone: 0118 327 2662. If it is not resolved to your satisfaction, you should contact IPSO by telephone: 0300 123 2220, or visit its website: www.ipso.co.uk. Members of the public are welcome to contact IPSO at any time if they are not sure how to proceed, or need advice on how to frame a complaint.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • MY AREA
    • Central Reading
    • East Reading
    • Bracknell
    • Calcot
    • Caversham
    • Crowthorne
    • Earley
  • COMMUNITY
  • SPORT
    • Reading FC
    • Football
    • Rugby
    • Basketball
  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • ARTS
    • READING FESTIVAL
    • READING PRIDE
    • WOKINGHAM FESTIVAL
  • PRIDE OF READING
  • OBITUARIES
  • JOBS
  • ADVERTISE
  • CONTACT US
  • SUPPORT US
  • SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER
  • WHERE TO GET THE PRINT EDITION

© 2021 - The Wokingham Paper Ltd - All Right Reserved.