A Berkshire MP has called for a Swaine defence system to be installed in a Berkshire town hit by recent Freedom of Information attacks. Martin Salter, MP for Reading West, has urged Reading Borough Council to protect his constituents in case Swaine Brook bursts its banks again.

Mr. Salter told us: "How dare a mere voter ask for their MPs and councillors to be held accountable? Don't they know how important I am? I'm deputy vice-chair of the Labour Party you know. There are only two officials standing between me and a huge volume of Freedom of Information requests and it's too risky hoping council officials will delete them as instructed. My constituents must be protected from people like him. Anything that can help prevent a tragic waste of a life must be worth doing."