Local MP meets staff at Witham Job Centre supporting people into employment and skills development
Priti Patel, MP for Witham, met with the staff at Witham Job Centre to see the work they are doing to support people back into work and employment. Priti, who previously served as the Employment Minister in the Department for Work and Pensions between 2015 and 2016, introduced the Work …
Priti meets with Prime Appointments
Local MP Priti Patel, visited Prime Appointments in Witham to meet with Managing Director Robyn Holmes to discuss a range of local issues, including the work they do to help and support people into employment locally. Priti and Robyn discussed some of the ongoing issues relating to right to work …
Priti calls for reforms to support investment in jobs
Witham MP Priti Patel has called on the Government to develop a labour market strategy and cut taxes to empower businesses to invest in jobs in Essex. Speaking in the House of Commons during questions to ministers in the Department for Work and Pensions Priti pressed the case for lower …
Witham MP welcomes Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work to Witham
Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham, welcomed the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, Tom Pursglove MP, to the constituency on Thursday 18th May for visits to local organisations that support education and employment opportunities for special needs children and young people. Priti and Minister …
Priti Patel brings major employers and local students together at her annual Careers Fair
Following the success of her re-established Career’s Fair, which took place in July 2022, the Witham MP, Priti Patel, has held a larger event with more international and local employers in attendance at Maltings Academy on Friday 24th March 2023. The Fair was sponsored by Stansted Airport, working in conjunction …
Unemployment remains low in Witham
Witham MP Priti Patel has welcomed the release of new figures which show that claimant count unemployment in the constituency continues to remain low. Figures released from the Office of National Statistics show that in January 2018 there were 545 claimants, which is 70% lower than the peak under the …