Dr Phyllis Starkey MP

  As MP for Milton Keynes South West, I am elected to represent one half of the city in Parliament. This means that I take up issues on behalf of my constituents or point people in the right direction if their inquiry can be dealt with by another body.

   I am committed to campaign on behalf of Milton Keynes to ensure our city has top quality health and education services, and that we receive the investment needed to support the growth of our city.

• Dr. Starkey Welcomes Extra Goverment Investment to Prevent Repossessions in MK
  Housing Minister John Healey has today provided an extra £2.5 million funding to ensure struggling homeowners get the help they need to avoid repossession; Milton Keynes is one of the 86 towns to share in this extra help. The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) have cited the comprehensive range of Government help, lower interest rates and greater lending tolerance and understanding as the key reasons why repossessions are running at half the rate of the last recession and repossessions in the South East are 25% down compared with last year. "The financial help the Government has...
  
• High Speed Rail Link Implications for Milton Ketynes - 11.03.10
  Dr. Starkey welcomes today's announcement by Transport Secretary, Lord Adonis, of a new High Speed rail link between London and the North. The Government’s proposals will free up capacity on the West Coast Main Line which can be used to increase the frequency of services between Milton Keynes and London. “I know how overcrowded commuter services are at present and how difficult it is to add in new peak time services between Milton Keynes and London because the West Coast Main Line is so congested” said Dr Starkey. “That is why I welcome the proposed High Speed...
  
• Two MK Scientists at the House of Commons - 08.03.10
  Dr Phyllis Starkey, a former research scientist, welcomed Chiara Da Pieve, Bletchley resident and researcher at the Open University to the House of Commons on Monday 8th March to compete in the national scientific poster competition, SET for Britain. SET for Britain is an exhibition of posters by early-stage and early-career research scientists, engineers and technologists. The exhibition gives them the opportunity to present their work to their local MPs and their scientific peers. All posters are entered into a competition and significant cash prizes and medals will be awarded for the poster that best communicates...