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Crime stats show the importance of the Offensive Weapons Act

Category: General News Published: 21st October 2019 - 12:10 pm

This short film about the Offensive Weapons Act demonstrates the Government’s and Priti Patel’s strong commitment to tacking the very serious issues affecting law and order in this country. Too many young lives have been lost to the scourge of knife crime. Today’s crime stats show the importance of the …

Priti Patel welcomes Boris leadership victory

Category: General News Published: 23rd July 2019 - 1:53 pm

The Witham MP, Priti Patel, has welcomed Boris Johnson’s victory in the Conservative Party leadership election, with over 66% of the votes cast. Priti said: “I welcome the election of Boris Johnson as the new Leader of the Conservative Party and our country’s next Prime Minister. Boris has been given …

Priti Patel throws her support behind campaign for new stem cell donors

Published on 18th July 2019 Published in General News

Priti Patel, the MP for Witham has attended a cross-party Parliamentary event today (17th July) to learn about the importance of the Anthony Nolan stem cell donor register. The Rik Basra Leukaemia Campaign and #Match4Meena, were supported by their local Member of Parliament Neil O’Brien and blood cancer charity Anthony …

Priti Patel with members at the Great Eastern Mainline Taskforce Stakeholder Conference

Regional transport conference chaired by Priti Patel MP outlines route to major Government investment in GEML

Published on 12th July 2019 Published in General News

Witham MP, Priti Patel, has today (11th July) chaired the Great Eastern Mainline Taskforce Stakeholder Conference, at the Civic Centre, Chelmsford.  The Conference updated key stakeholders on the progress being made by the GEML Taskforce and focused on the Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC), which is nearing completion and is …

Group shot - The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP (seated far left) Chairs the latest GEML meeting at Westminster 24.06.19.

GEML Taskforce Chair, Priti Patel MP sees key elements of plan for new rail investment coming together

Published on 24th June 2019 Published in General News

The latest Great Eastern Mainline (GEML) Taskforce meeting was held today at Portcullis House, Westminster (24.06.19). The meeting was chaired by Witham MP, the Rt Hon Priti Patel, and was attended by East of England MPs, rail executives and other key stakeholders. Commenting after the meeting, Ms Patel said: “We …

Priti Patel MP supports Witham reading campaign

Priti Patel MP supports Witham campaign for every child to join local library and share a love of reading

Published on 10th June 2019 Published in General News

Witham MP, Priti Patel, is supporting a campaign run by charity The Reading Agency to encourage all primary school children to take part in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge. The Challenge launches across England and Wales on Saturday, 13th July 2019. This year’s theme for the Summer Reading Challenge is …

Priti Patel MP co-hosts meeting with Minister for Apprenticeship & Skills

Published on 22nd May 2019 Published in General NewsPublished in Local News

Priti Patel, the MP for Witham and the Chair of the Essex Business Transport and Infrastructure Forum (EBTIF) has co-hosted a Forum meeting at Westminster (20 May) with the Rt Hon Ann Milton MP, Minister for Apprenticeship and Skills, to discuss the Apprenticeship Levy and how it can support Essex …

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