Witham MP Priti Patel has welcomed the decision taken by Maldon District Council to refuse to grant planning permission to a developer who wanted to build a large housing development outside of the settlement boundary in Goldhanger. The plans for new dwellings on a site off of Head Street were …
Witham MP Priti Patel has celebrated local businesses and food producers in Essex and the contribution they will be making to Christmas meals in the UK and abroad. Speaking during questions to ministers from the Department for Business and Trade, Priti mentioned world famous jam producers Wilkin and Sons in …
Priti Patel, Member of Parliament for Witham has given her backing to local grassroots sports investment as part of a recent meeting with The Football Foundation at Witham Sports Ground. The Football Foundation is the country’s largest sports charity, with their funding coming from the Premier League, the FA as …
During the most recent Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Parliamentary question session, Priti pressed Ministers on concerns local residents had raised with the impact of the planned retirement of the public switched telephone network (PSTN), and support for rural communities who currently have access to slow or poor broadband …
Former Home Secretary and Witham MP Priti Patel has called for new robust laws to be put in place to tackle a range of crimes that blight our communities. Speaking during a debate on the Criminal Justice Bill in the House of Commons, Priti praised the work of the police …
Witham MP Priti Patel recently urged Minister’s to scrap the protections that vile Foreign National Offenders like disgusting sex offender Yaqub Ahmed receive in the UK. Priti, as a longstanding campaigner for victims and their families, believes that victims and the British people deserve better.
Priti raised the National Grid’s disastrous plans to impose over 100 miles of pylons and overhead powerlines between Norwich and Tilbury. Ms Patel urged the Government to do the work; commit to delivering the offshore grid that will provide more investment and growth in renewables and pull the plug on …
Earlier in the month Witham MP Priti Patel pressed Ministers to do more to support business, cut taxes and deregulate by cutting red tape. Doing this would allow businesses and individuals to keep more of the money they earn.
Witham MP Priti Patel was pleased to this month mark World Diabetes Day. On the 13th November, Priti met with campaigners and health professionals to discuss support for people living with diabetes. Priti said: “It is essential that we work together across government and the NHS to raise awareness of …
Earlier this month Ms Patel was honoured to pay her respects Witham and Tollesbury’s fallen service men and women. The MP for Witham marched alongside veterans, community groups and residents in parades in Tollesbury village and in Witham Town Centre. Priti was joined by hundreds of people who turned out …