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Witham MP presses Health Secretary for update on the statutory inquiry into mental health services in Essex

Published on 7th August 2023 Published in Local News

Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham, has written to the Health Secretary, the Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP, for an update on the inquiry into mental health services in Essex, following the announcement that it would be moving to a statutory footing. The independent inquiry into mental health …

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Overzealous net zero targets open the back door to an invasion of Chinese cars on Britain’s roads

Published on 6th August 2023 Published in National News

The presenters of Top Gear pulled no punches as they ridiculed Chinese cars on a visit to the country just over a decade ago.  “It is the most tragic looking thing,” Jeremy Clarkson boomed, looking down at one manufacturer’s effort to imitate the iconic Mini Cooper.  “Like someone has described …

Priti Patel MP with Rosie Pearson (holding board) and campaigners against the pylons

Electricity plans run roughshod over communities

Published on 4th August 2023 Published in Local News

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 raises concerns about the Government’s Extended Producer Responsibility scheme

Published on 3rd August 2023 Published in Local News

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 …

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Priti Patel: We must pause net zero targets; Former home secretary warns voters are being “left behind” by the pursuit of green policies

Published on 31st July 2023 Published in National News

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 …

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Small boats crisis won’t be solved without a clampdown on lefty lawyers, says Priti Patel

Published on 30th July 2023 Published in National News

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 …

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