This week is National Apprenticeship Week, where we celebrate and promote the fantastic opportunities that they provide for young people in particular. Priti had the chance to meet with many fantastic businesses from across Essex and the UK who employ and train young people on apprenticeship schemes. Priti said: “It …
Priti praises businesses in Witham for employing apprentices, and young people from the local area. Priti also urges the Secretary of State to develop a cross government British Workforce Strategy to reduce our reliance on foreign labour and upskill home grown talent.
The current asylum system is collapsing. The pressures caused by illegal and dangerous routes to claim asylum, facilitated by serious organised criminal gangs exploiting people and profiting from human misery, not only costs lives but undermines public confidence. This is counter to our national interest because the same criminal gangs …
Recently, former Home Secretary and MP for Witham Priti Patel met with The Jewish Leadership Council and Jewish Women’s Aid in Parliament recently. They provide important support for women and children affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence. As Home Secretary Priti was able to work closely with them particularly …
Priti asks the Secretary of State for Education what more her department is doing to make sure that children with educational needs and disabilities are able to go to school within their county. This is an issue that Priti has raised previously with Essex County Council who are working under …
Witham MP Priti Patel has spoken in support of a freeze in business rates for small businesses. The multiplier, the inflation linked measure by which business rates increase each year, is being frozen for firms occupying premises with rateable values of less than £51,000. Priti spoke of the benefits to …
The Government has provided nearly £2,200 to support football teams based in Witham and Tollesbury to invest in new goalposts as part of a £93m investment in over 1,100 sports facilities across the UK. A £743 contribution is being made towards the goalposts at the Rickstones Sports Ground in Witham …
Witham MP Priti Patel met with the Managing Director of Stansted Airport Gareth Powell, to discuss the airport’s strategic importance to the region, their role enabling economic growth and their expansion plans for the site. Priti is a longstanding supporter of the airport’s ambitions to expand the terminal, and during …
MP for Witham Priti Patel visited local business Kings Seeds, based at Monk’s Farm just outside of Kelvedon, to discuss the issues they have been encountering with selling seeds direct to consumers in Northern Ireland. Kings Seeds is both well-known and respected with deep roots in the local community of …
The Member of Parliament for Witham Priti Patel recently welcomed pupils from Honywood school during a recent trip to the Houses of Parliament. Priti spoke to the pupils in the historic Westminster Hall after they had witnessed a Parliamentary debate from the public gallery. Pupils had the opportunity to ask …