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Priti with Charlotte Percy, Sustainability Executive at Wiltshire Farm Foods, with an example of the plastic trays used in their closed loop recycling system.

Visiting Wiltshire Farm Foods site in Witham

Published on 20th October 2023 Published in Local News

Priti Patel MP recently visited the Wiltshire Farm Foods site within her Witham constituency. Priti toured the site, which employs 17 people, to see the business operations which provides a valuable service through delivery of thousands of meals to the elderly. Wiltshire Farm Foods delivers its high-quality, award-winning prepared meals …

Priti with campaigner Jack Hurley from Scrap the Heart Restart Tax campaign

Priti to Chancellor – scrap immoral VAT on life saving defibrillators

Published on 19th October 2023 Published in General News

Witham MP Priti Patel recently met with representatives from the Scrap the Heart Restart Tax campaign in Parliament in support of the campaign to scrap VAT on defibrillators.  Priti spoke with Jack Hurley whose life was saved by a defibrillator when he suffered cardiac arrest while playing football. Jack and …

Priti with School Director of Operations Gemma Quantrill and Viv Trask-Hall, Head of Education and Innovation at Thrive.

Visit to award winning local specialist school

Published on 18th October 2023 Published in Local News

Witham MP Priti Patel recently visited Reach Essex, a specialist school based in Witham, to meet with staff and pupils following the school being recognised as a Thrive school of excellence for mental wellbeing. This inspirational organisation supports vulnerable children and young people whose behaviour, anxieties or other factors impact …

Brownfield development should be prioritised, says Priti Patel MP

Published on 17th October 2023 Published in General News

Witham MP Priti Patel has called on the Government to take action to ensure that developments on brownfield sites are prioritised over unsuitable speculative developer plans on countryside sites. Raising concerns about Neighbourhood Plans put together and agreed by local communities are being ignored by those making decisions on planning …

Priti, Chris and Lee during their tour of the South East Galvanizer plant, which is on Crittall Road industrial estate in Witham.

Witham MP calls on Government to make apprenticeship levy more flexible

Published on 16th October 2023 Published in Local News

Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for the Witham constituency, has called on the Government to ensure that the apprenticeship levy is more agile and flexible, and supporting businesses to employ apprentices.   During a visit to South East Galvanizers (part of the Wedge Group) based in her constituency, Priti …

Priti with children from Hatfield Peverel St Andrews Junior School

RAAC school update visits

Published on 12th October 2023 Published in Local News

This week Witham MP, Priti Patel, revisited three RAAC affected schools within the constituency after significant progress has been made in getting pupils back into schools with the support of Essex County Council.   Firstly, visiting Thurstable School on Tuesday 10th October with Education Minister Baroness Barran, Priti met with headteacher …

Priti speaking with staff at Coggeshall surgery

Update meetings with local GP surgeries

Published on 4th October 2023 Published in Local News

Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham, recently visited both the Coggeshall Surgery and Douglas Grove Surgery in Witham where she met with practice managers, GP partners and staff to discuss the current provision of healthcare services locally in the community, and some of the current challenges that are …

It is time to cut the tax burden that is holding Britain back

Published on 3rd October 2023 Published in National News

The triple threat of inflation, a high tax burden , and sluggish growth is harming household budgets and impacting businesses. Britain has faced down similar challenges in the past – and we must learn from history to chart a new economic course for our country. Those old enough to remember the 1970s will recall a …

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