Witham MP Priti Patel has raised her concerns over new plans published to change the planning, consultation and cost benefit analysis process for new electricity transmission infrastructure that risk ignoring local impacts and running roughshod over local communities affected. The proposals, published by the Electricity Networks Commissioner Nick Winser, recommend …
Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham, has called on the Government to reconsider their proposed regulations as part of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme, following representations from a number of local businesses. The Government is seeking to introduce the extended producer responsibility scheme as part of its …
Priti Patel, MP for Witham, has raised concerns about the current performance of HMRC and its level of customer service, in a letter to Treasury Ministers, following a number of cases and issues highlighted by constituents due to the closure of the self-assessment helpline until September. HMRC is currently undertaking …
DAME PRITI PATEL has urged the Government to pause its net zero targets as she warned voters are being “left behind” by the pursuit of green policies. The former home secretary criticised a “corrosive culture” of pursuing time limited targets amid pressure on ministers to redraw some of their current …
Former Home Secretary Priti Patel has demanded that the Government has “a clampdown on lefty lawyers” who are gaming the system to prevent Britain from tackling the small boats crisis across the Channel. Ms Patel, who was Boris Johnson’s Home Secretary, has already run into problems from leftwing activist lawyers who prevented her Rwanda …
Priti’s interview with Camilla Tominey on GB News, 30th July 2023.
DAME PRITI PATEL has called for a rethink of “utterly shameful” rules that mean innocent prisoners can be forced to pay for food and accommodation out of their compensation for being unjustly jailed. The former home secretary became the most senior Tory figure yet to call for the system to be reviewed after …
Witham MP Priti Patel has called on the Home Office to stop any further asylum seeker arrivals at Wethersfield until they address concerns about health screening arrangements. Since asylum seekers first moved onto the site earlier this month, there have been reports of scabies and TB among the residents, with …
Priti Patel MP has backed Tiptree Parish Council’s request for a community banking hub in Tiptree, following the closure of the Barclays Bank and Lloyds Bank branches in the Village. Working in conjunction with Tiptree Parish Council, Priti has given her support to the creation of a banking hub, led …
Priti Patel MP, Witham’s Parliamentarian, has presented a Chief Scout’s Gold Award for super-achieving Scouts to Alexander, a Silver End Scout, at their recent meet. The awards are for Scouts who complete the nine challenges needed to earn a Gold Award. These challenges include volunteering in the local community, committing …