Local MP for Witham Priti Patel was pleased to meet the SafeLives team and other domestic abuse organisations in Parliament recently. SafeLives is a charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse. Priti has worked with SaveLives and other supporting charities as Home Secretary to tackle this appalling issue and give these …
Priti Patel was delighted to recently meet with Benedict Rogers and his colleagues from Hong Kong Watch. In January 2021, the Government launched the BNO visa when the Chinese government imposed the National Security Law in Hong Kong. The visa reflected the UK’s historic and moral commitment to the people of Hong …
Witham MP Priti Patel was one of more than 40 MPs to write to the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to press the Government to make more funding available to local councils. Councils providing social care services, including Essex County Council, have faced …
Local MP Priti Patel met with the Director of Colchester Zoo during the BIAZA Parliamentary Reception hosted by the Speaker of the House of Commons. Colchester Zoo was shortlisted for the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquaria (BIAZA) Great British Wildlife Restoration project. While the zoo did not …
The Safer Streets fund, an initiative Ms Patel started whilst she was Home Secretary, delivers funding to schemes to prevent violence against women and girls in public, tackle neighbourhood crime and help combat anti-social behaviour. Thanks to the funding provided through the scheme, Essex Police have been able to invest …
Recently, Witham MP Priti Patel visited the Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board where she joined the team in their new unscheduled care hub. The hub is made up of a team of clinicians, who direct health support and professionals to patients, avoiding unnecessary ambulance dispatch and emergency …
Witham MP, Priti Patel, recently visited Tecniq in Witham, a local business which is an international enterprise which works with some of the best known luxury and high-performance names in the motor world. The business was originally established as Automotive Design Partnership by leading automotive engineer Nigel Lempriere in 1999. …
Witham MP Priti Patel joined staff and pupils at Howbridge Junior School in Witham to share in the celebrations at the school after it received a ‘Good’ Ofsted result for the first time in more than 15 years. During her visit, Ms Patel attended an assembly at the school, where …
Witham MP Priti Patel visited her constituent Graham Ward, a former sub-postmaster affected by the Horizon scandal and one of the 555 heroes that took the Post Office to court. Priti first met Graham in 2010, and raised concerns with Horizon in Parliament and his case with ministers and the …
Recently, Witham MP was delighted to meet with Colin and Mandy Mackie from Spike Aware UK. Their son died having had his soft drink spiked at his university. Colin and Mandy are campaigning to prevent more tragedies through spiking by educating people about the dangers of spiking, showing how people …