Newbury MP seeks legal advice over national newspaper claims

On the front page of today’s Daily Mirror (Mon), the paper claims that Mr Benyon’s family firm is part of a consortium that purchased 90 flats on the New Era Estate in Hoxton.
The paper claims that the consortium immediately raised rent prices and say that residents are fearing eviction as a result.
Mr Benyon has hit back at the story - describing it as a “highly politically motivated” article.
Speaking to the Newbury Weekly News today (Mon), Mr Benyon said: “The article is very selective with the facts and it is highly politically motivated.
“I am seeking legal advice so cannot comment any further.”
Mr Benyon is a director of his family’s Englefield Estate, which owns land across the country.
The Daily Mirror said that among the estate's portfolio is the Benyon Estate in London which is now a “minority shareholder” in the flats on the New Era Estate.
It is not the first time the Daily Mirror has attacked Mr Benyon and his involvement within his family’s estate.
Earlier this year Mr Benyon slammed an article published in the paper which incorrectly claimed the Englefield Estate received £625,964 a year in housing benefit payments.
Mr Benyon accused the article, which was published based on incorrect figures provided by West Berkshire Council of “dragging his family’s name through the gutter.”
The council were forced to apologise after it was revealed that it supplied an incorrect figure and that the correct figure was £119,237.