Witham’s crusading MP, Priti Patel, has launched her eighth annual school literacy campaign ‘Get Witham Reading 2019’. Her campaign was first launched in 2012, when children’s literacy levels in the constituency fell below the national average, 1 in 6 pupils were leaving school without achieving the literacy of an 11 …
Note: Speech given at the free market road show ‘Europe at the crossroads’ London – 9th May 2019 Introduction “We stand at the crossroads, each minute, each hour, each day, making choices. We choose the thoughts we allow ourselves to think, the passions we allow ourselves to feel, and the …
The MP for Witham, Priti Patel, has welcomed the decision by Essex County Council’s Development and Regulation Committee to refuse two planning applications relating to the Rivenhall Incinerator. The proposals included increasing the chimney stack height and the Council’s planning officers had recommended the applications for refusal. The grounds for …
Priti Patel, the MP for Witham has expressed her disappointment at the Department for Transport’s decision not to include Marks Tey on the list of stations to be awarded Access for All Funding. Representations were made by Priti to the Department for Transport and she sent a supporting letter to …
Priti Patel MP was the guest of honour at the opening of the new Luxe Studio beauty salon at 70 Wharf Road, Chelmsford on Bank Holiday Monday. Ms Patel formally declared the salon open after cutting the ribbon across it doors, before going on a tour of the premises and …
Local MP Priti Patel is continuing to campaign against the decision taken by Braintree District Council to grant planning permission for development on River View and the Gimsons site in Witham. Priti has lodged a formal complaint with the Council over the decision-making process and the application being determined on …
Priti Patel, the MP for Witham has welcomed the recommendation of planning officers from Essex County Council to refuse the latest planning application for an increase in the stack height of the Rivenhall Incinerator. The report from the officers, which will be considered by elected members at the Development and …
The Witham MP, Priti Patel has paid a visit to the Furly Meadows housing estate, currently being built in Stanway, on the edge of her constituency. The Cala Homes development is providing a mix of housing opportunities including affordable homes. Ms Patel was given a thorough briefing about the site …
Libraries are a fundamental part of our community that can provide a route for many to the outside world through books, learning & the internet. Priti Patel was pleased to meet with Cllr Henry Bass & a group of volunteers today to plan the campaign to save Wickham Bishops Library. …
The Witham MP, Priti Patel, has slammed the decision made by the House of Commons to vote to instruct the Prime Minister to ask the EU to extend the Article 50 process and the UK’s membership of the EU to 30 June 2019. This vote followed a week which saw …