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Campaign against Gimsons growing in strength

Published on 31st January 2019 Published in General NewsPublished in Local News

Witham MP Priti Patel, local campaigners and councillors have met to discuss the next steps to take in opposing the large housing development plans for the Gimsons site. Hundreds of local residents across Witham have been lobbying Braintree District Council to reject the plans for a wide range of reasons …

Priti meets residents at Lunch Club

Published on 31st January 2019 Published in Local News

Witham MP Priti Patel has visited the Witham Town Lunch Club, whose membership numbers were boosted following Priti’s Advice and Information Fair held last year. The Lunch Club meets three times a week where meals are available to local residents in the community and they now have eight new members. …

Priti Patel MP meets Christmas Card competition winner

Published on 31st January 2019 Published in Local News

Priti Patel, Member of Parliament for Witham, visited Hatfield Peverel St. Andrew’s Junior School today to meet Jasmine Fenwick, the 8-year old winner of her 2018 Christmas card competition [Friday 25 January 2019]. Priti met Jasmine to thank her for her outstanding design and congratulated her on winning the competition. …

Priti calls for better funding for Essex

Published on 29th January 2019 Published in General NewsPublished in Local News

Witham MP Priti Patel has called on the Treasury to review funding made available for schools, health services and the police in Essex as part of the forthcoming comprehensive spending review which sets multi-year spending parameters. Funding per capital from central government for those services is lower than in other …

Priti joins Incinerator campaigners in Coggeshall

Published on 25th January 2019 Published in Local News

Priti Patel MP has met with campaigners opposing the Rivenhalll Incinerator in Coggeshall. Priti attended a drop in session held by the Incinerator developers at Coggeshall Village Hall and then discussed the plans with residents objecting including misleading information being circulated by the developers. Priti, who has been a long-term …

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