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A former aide to Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, is to run for MP in Berkshire. Labour is the latest party to declare a candidate for the new Parliamentary seat of Reading West and Mid Berkshire. Olivia Bailey is the person to take on the fight for the seat in the much anticipated general election this year. No date has been set for that yet. Olivia was born in Reading; her dad was a local policeman and her mum taught in a secondary school nearby. She has served as chair of the Labour Women’s Network, been deputy general secretary of the Fabian Society and worked as a senior aide to Keir …