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These are just some of Dr Starkey's many activities around Milton Keynes. Click on the balloons on the map to see the stories behind each one

Money Allocated for Wolverton Station Upgrade - 05.02.2008
Wolverton Railway Station will be getting £1.8m refurbishment, with money supplied by the Government's Growth Area Fund. This project is part of the wider upgrade of station facilities in Milton Keynes, including the...

Support for Carers' Rights Day from Dr Starkey - 07.12.2007
Phyllis Starkey is again supporting Carers' Rights Day today, the campaign urging working age carers to seek advice about support they might be able to get to help juggle work and care. The Carers' Rig...

Tree Planting marks the start of new environmental studies area
Dr Phyllis Starkey was invited to plant the first tree at a new project at Holmwood School, Great Holm. The project involving parents and pupils is designing a new environmental studies area, and including planti...

MP urges Council to rethink school kitchen cuts - 28.11.2007
Parents in West Bletchley were shocked to learn that the new school, due to be built on the site of Rickley Junior School as a result of the Council’s controversial amalgamation plans, may not even have a kitchen. In a ...

Green-Fingers at Greenleys - 27.11.2007
Phyllis Starkey helped to plant a tree last week with year five pupils from Greenleys Junior School as part of their garden project. The school in north-west MK was one of the winners of a competition to des...

Concern over Council's nursery closure plan - 19.11.2007
Phyllis Starkey MP and MK North Labour candidate Andrew Pakes have expressed serious concern over Council proposals for the future of day nurseries in Milton Keynes. The move comes after parents with youngsters at the Wolv...

Local Residents call for 50mph limit on H8 - 23.11.2007
Residents on both sides of the H8 in Barleyhurst Park (West Bletchley) and Furzton are calling on the Council to impose a 50mph speed limit on a congested stretch of the H8 Standing Way. Local residents in Barleyhurst Par...

Young People from Bletchley visiting the Houses of Parliament -
A group of teenagers of Bangladeshi origin from Bletchley came to the House of Commons today as part of a course to learn about the history of slavery in the British empire. To assist them, Dr Starkey took them o...

Parish Funds Diverted for Party Political Purposes - 25.10.2007
Loughton Parish Council has contacted local MP Dr Phyllis Starkey to protest at the way a UKIP campaign has forced the Parish Council to spend £1,000, nearly a tenth of their annual budget, on a Parish Poll on an EU Refer...

Foundation Status success for MK Hospital Trust - 01.10.2007
Milton Keynes Hospital has been granted official NHS Foundation Trust status today, 1st October 2007, as announced by the independent regulator Monitor.  The news has been welcomed by local MP Phyllis Starkey. "I am ...

More action needed to tackle domestic violence - 19.09.2007
Speaking at the the MK Women's Aid Annual General Meeting today, Dr Starkey called for more action to tackle the scourge of domestic violence. “Domestic violence remains a serious problem in Milton Keynes, with near...

Funeral for Head Monk at Buddhist Temple - 26.08.2007
The funeral for Head Monk Rev Seiji Handa was held at the Buddhist Temple in Willen today. Dr Starkey spoke at the service. "We are here in sorrow for the untimely death of Reverend Handa but also in celebration of his lif...

Quality Award first for MK Community Mediators - 18.07.2007
Staff at the Milton Keynes Community Mediation Service (MKCMS) are celebrating having become the first community mediation organisation in Buckinghamshire to be awarded the Community Legal Service (CLS) Mediation Quality M...

Coffee morning with residents of the Lakes Estate - 23.06.2007
Phyllis Starkey held a coffee morning for local residents of the Lakes Estate in Bletchley at the Community Centre on Fern Grove to discuss the issues most important to them. The main priorities identified ...

New management at Oakhill Secure Training Centre welcomed by loc
The Government has announced today that a new Director, Malcolm Stevens, has been appointed at Oakhill Secure Training Centre, and tasked with improving standards. The move follows concerns raised by the Youth Justice Boar...

UK Computer Museum to open at Bletchley Park - 12.07.2007
Bletchley Park is to become the home of the UK Computer Museum, to celebrate the fact that the world's first computer, Colossus, was built there to decode encrypted German transmissions during the Second World War. Local ...

MP and police working together to tackle anti-social behaviour -
Local MP Phyllis Starkey is meeting Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) in Bletchley on Friday to discuss the priorities for tackling crime and anti-social behaviour and get a picture of the work they do. Dr Starkey...

MP secures urgent consideration by Lord Chancellor of funding fo
The repeated delays in funding training facilities at Woodhill Prison were raised in Parliament by local MP Dr Phyllis Starkey. She pointed out that despite the Chief Inspector of Prisons criticising Woodhill for its lack ...

Visiting new homes in Oxley Park - 01.06.2007
Phyllis Starkey visited a new housing development in Oxley Park by Wimpey housing. The houses have been built as part of the Government's Design for Manufacture competition, challenging developers to build modern mixed ho...

Tory vote risks green jobs in MK -18.05.2007
The future profitability of the National Energy Service in Knowlhill and 50 local jobs were put at risk by Conservative attempts in Parliament last week to delay the implementation of Home Improvement Packs (HIPs). Milton...

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