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Ben Everitt, the MP for Milton Keynes North, gave his maiden speech in the House Of Commons on Tuesday afternoon.

The newly elected MP paid tribute to his predecessor Mark Lancaster who stepped down after 14 years as an MP, and to Eleanor Laing, the deputy speaker.

City MPs Ben Everitt and Iain Stewart have welcomed an extra £1,724,847 Government spending to help reduce homelessness in Milton Keynes.

Milton Keynes will receive an extra £774,400 of Government funding to support vulnerable families as part of the Troubled Families Programme.

Milton Keynes Keynes North MP Ben Everitt swapped the green benches of the House of Commons for the green parks of MK by helping a local community litter pick in Brooklands.

Workers in Milton Keynes are set for a well-earned pay rise in April as the National Living Wage increases to £8.72 an hour.

The increase means that since the Conservatives came into power in 2010 the average income after tax will have risen by over £5,260 for the lowest paid workers.

City MPs Iain Stewart and Ben Everitt have joined with local Conservative Councillors to call on a more concentrated focus from Thames Valley Police on the rise in knife crime in Milton Keynes.

The move comes following a fatal stabbing over the Christmas period in Oxley Park.

Newly elected MP for Milton Keynes North Ben Everitt has cast his first vote in Parliament and delivered on his election promise to ‘Get Brexit Done’.

Milton Keynes Hospital could be getting a brand new £200m Maternity and Children’s Unit if new MP Ben Everitt’s campaign with Iain Stewart MP comes to fruition.

Ben Everitt has been elected as the new Conservative MP for Milton Keynes North.

Ben said, "I'm honoured the people of MK North put their trust in me to be their representative in Parliament.

"I have huge shoes to fill in Mark Lancaster, who's been a great MP for so many years.