Priti asks the Secretary of State for Education what more her department is doing to make sure that children with educational needs and disabilities are able to go to school within their county. This is an issue that Priti has raised previously with Essex County Council who are working under …
Witham MP Priti Patel has spoken in support of a freeze in business rates for small businesses. The multiplier, the inflation linked measure by which business rates increase each year, is being frozen for firms occupying premises with rateable values of less than £51,000. Priti spoke of the benefits to …
The Government has provided nearly £2,200 to support football teams based in Witham and Tollesbury to invest in new goalposts as part of a £93m investment in over 1,100 sports facilities across the UK. A £743 contribution is being made towards the goalposts at the Rickstones Sports Ground in Witham …
Witham MP Priti Patel met with the Managing Director of Stansted Airport Gareth Powell, to discuss the airport’s strategic importance to the region, their role enabling economic growth and their expansion plans for the site. Priti is a longstanding supporter of the airport’s ambitions to expand the terminal, and during …
MP for Witham Priti Patel visited local business Kings Seeds, based at Monk’s Farm just outside of Kelvedon, to discuss the issues they have been encountering with selling seeds direct to consumers in Northern Ireland. Kings Seeds is both well-known and respected with deep roots in the local community of …
The Member of Parliament for Witham Priti Patel recently welcomed pupils from Honywood school during a recent trip to the Houses of Parliament. Priti spoke to the pupils in the historic Westminster Hall after they had witnessed a Parliamentary debate from the public gallery. Pupils had the opportunity to ask …
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 …