Priti meets ECC education chiefs to raise issues of SEND provision
Priti Patel, Member of Parliament for Witham, recently held a meeting with Cllr Tony Ball, the Cabinet Member for Education at Essex County and Cllr Andrew Sheldon, the Deputy to discuss key issues surrounding Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision across Essex. The meeting was convened in response to …
Local MP’s hold ‘Bus Summit’ with providers, council and users for improved services
The MP’s for Witham and Maldon Dame Priti Patel MP and Sir John Whittingdale met with members of Essex County Council, Maldon District Council, local transport providers, and bus user groups on Friday, 13th September to discuss the pressing issues around bus services in the Maldon District. The meeting was …
Avenue Road resurfaced!
Avenue Road in Witham is one of the first local roads to have been resurfaced from the Government’s reallocation of public money from the HS2 project. Essex County Council has received approximately £121m of this HS2 money to cover the period between 2023/24 and 2033/34. Priti said: “I am pressing …
Priti raises quarrying plan concerns
Witham MP Priti Patel has met with local residents in Copford Village Hall concerned about proposals for new quarrying sites in the Colchester area and around the A12. As part of a review of Essex County Council’s Minerals Plan, a consultation is taking place where local communities and residents are …
Priti shows ECC dangerous road outside school
Priti Patel MP for Witham has returned to New Rickstones Academy alongside Cllr Mark Platt – Deputy Cabinet Member for Highways, Infrastructure and Sustainable Transport to see first hand the situation outside of the school gates at 3pm where students need to cross Conrad Road to start their journey home. …
Tolleshunt Major Parish Council meet with Priti to discuss local road safety issues
Local MP Priti Patel met with Tolleshunt Major Parish Council to discuss the concerns they share regarding the destruction of Bennet Island at the junction of Tolleshunt D’Arcy Road and Witham Road. Priti shares the frustration and concerns of the Parish Council and village residents about the dangers posed by …
Priti backs Council’s call for more funding
Witham MP Priti Patel was one of more than 40 MPs to write to the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to press the Government to make more funding available to local councils. Councils providing social care services, including Essex County Council, have faced …
Witham MP opens new building at Copford Primary School
Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham, joined guests at Copford Church of England Primary School on Friday 19th May to officially open its new state of the art building. As the MP for Witham, Priti made a number of representations to local authority bodies on behalf of the School …
Priti welcomes Beaulieu Park Station plans
The Witham MP, Priti Patel, has welcomed Essex County Council’s plans to approve funding and other agreements to deliver the new Beaulieu Park Station. The new station, situated between Hatfield Peverel and Chelmsford, will provide additional capacity for passengers, support local housing growth and with three platforms will help to …
Priti Patel supports Copford Primary School’s efforts to find funding for classroom upgrades
Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham, has today (28.02.20) visited Copford Church of England Primary School, to see for herself the problems the school is having in regard to the deteriorating condition of four of its classrooms. Priti met Headteacher David Bome, who explained how leaking roofs, damp, …