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Priti Patel MP welcomes better compensation for rail commuters

Category: General News Published: 12th March 2019 - 10:54 am

Priti Patel, Member of Parliament for Witham and Chair of the Great Eastern Main Line Taskforce, has welcomed the announcement that Delay Repay 15 will be introduced for Greater Anglia passengers next month. From 1st April 2019, Greater Anglia passengers will be able to claim Delay Repay compensation if their …

Priti supports local residents on the Gimsons planning application

Category: Local News Published: 8th March 2019 - 9:16 pm

Witham MP Priti Patel has called on members of Braintree District Council’s Planning Committee to listen to the residents of Witham Town and refuse the planning application for 78 dwellings on the Gimsons site, River Walk, Witham. The Council has published its report for the 19 March 2019 Planning Committee …

Priti calls for transport investment for Essex

Category: General News Published: 6th March 2019 - 3:17 pm

Witham MP Priti Patel held a debate in Parliament today [6 March 2019] on transport infrastructure in Essex. During the debate she highlighted to the Government the importance to the economy of investing in new infrastructure in Essex. Priti spoke of the need to end the delays to the A12 …

Housing Minister meets Essex Businesses

Published on 6th March 2019 Published in General NewsPublished in Local News

Witham MP Priti Patel and the Essex Chambers of Commerce hosted a meeting in Parliament [4 March 2019] for the County’s businesses to meet Housing Minister Kit Malthouse MP. The Minister attended a meeting of the Essex Business, Transport and Infrastructure Forum (EBTIF) where he gave an overview of the …

Priti discusses water network investment

Published on 1st March 2019 Published in Local News

Local MP Priti Patel has visited Essex and Suffolk Water at Sandon by the Hanningfield Reservoir to hear about their new investment strategy. Meeting with Water Director Dr Eliane Algaard and Head of Technical Strategy and Support, Martin Lunn Priti discussed the actions planned to reduce leaks, improve quality and …

Priti calls for Armond Road Traveller Site Action

Category: Local News Published: 27th February 2019 - 3:02 pm

Witham MP Priti Patel has called on Braintree District Council and Essex Police to remove an unauthorised Traveller site on Armond Road, Witham. Despite fencing put up to prevent incursions, a number of caravans have appeared on the land. Priti said: “Yet again residents in Witham find themselves affected by …

Priti on patrol with Chief Constable

Published on 27th February 2019 Published in Local News

Witham MP Priti Patel met with Essex Police Chief Constable BJ Harrington and took him on a tour of Witham Town. During the visit Priti and the Chief Constable spoke to local businesses and residents and discussed concerns about crime and anti-social behaviour in the Town. Priti said: “Local residents …

Priti visits Lime Tree Place

Published on 8th February 2019 Published in General NewsPublished in Local News

Witham MP Priti Patel has visited Lime Tree Place in Witham, a new residential development by Equinox Living and Inspired Homes providing 98 one and two bedroom apartments. The site, off Collingwood Road, is where former NHS offices were located and is being converted by Essex-based contractors Phelan Construction. The …

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