Milton Keynes is where I was born, went to school in, started my first job, and where my family still live and works today. However, in its near 60-year history, it has never had an MP who grew up here.

Instead, for the last 14 years, it has been served by Tory MPs who have let the city down and refused to fight for our local area. I will be an MP who fights for our city.

This is personal to me – my family work in our local public services, my mum as a teacher and my brother as a firefighter. I’ve seen first-hand how more than a decade of Tory policy has undermined their craft and the services they provide. But in order to improve things we need a Labour government, and that won’t happen unless we win in marginal seats like Milton Keynes North.

So get involved, because together we can win for Milton Keynes, and we can win for Labour.