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 …
Local MP Priti Patel has welcomed the decision taken by Colchester Borough Council to refuse the outline planning application by Gladman for 200 dwellings on a green space off of Barbook Lane, Tiptree. Priti has been working with local residents to oppose the application and has highlighted to the Council …
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 …
Witham MP, Priti Patel, popped into Retrocorn today, a Witham based popcorn business. Managing Director, Greg Taylor, set up the confectionary business in his grandmother’s kitchen five years ago and it is a real local success story. Greg is celebrating securing Retrocorn’s first UK supermarket contract with Ocado and has …
Witham MP and Chair of the Great Eastern Mainline Rail Taskforce Priti Patel has called for increased investment in rail infrastructure in Essex and the East of England. Priti was speaking during a debate in Parliament where she highlighted the benefits of new investment in upgrading and improving rail services. …
Witham MP, Priti Patel, signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment this week, pledging her commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people today. Sunday 27 …
The A12 is one of the major strategic economic corridors facilitating trade within and across Essex. Since being elected in as Witham’s Member of Parliament I have campaigned for this road to be improved along with the A120 and the Great Eastern Main Line to facilitate growing demands, improve safety …
This evening I voted against the UK Government and the EU’s proposed Withdrawal Agreement at the conclusion of the meaningful vote debate which took place in the House of Commons. Voting against the Government is not a decision that I take lightly and I gave this very careful consideration. I …
This week, Witham MP Priti Patel met with the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock MP, to raise various issues affecting health services across the Witham constituency and seek assurances that these will be addressed. The Government published its NHS Long Term Plan earlier this month and Priti has welcomed additional funding …
Witham MP Priti Patel has called on the Government to look at rebalancing resources towards local councils in Essex during a debate on local authority funding in Parliament [15 January 2019]. During the debate Priti commended the innovation seen in local councils and highlighted the demographic pressures facing Essex County …