Priti Patel MP backs campaign to save Coggeshall Library
Witham MP Priti Patel has met with members of the Coggeshall Library Working Group to discuss plans to save the village’s library from the risk of closure, under proposals from Essex County Council. Priti has been pressing Essex County Council to reconsider their plans and to support and empower those …
Key stakeholders meet to plan A120 campaign for £2.2bn economic boost
The campaign to secure investment to dual the A120 has been reignited at a major stakeholder meeting at County Hall, Chelmsford (31 May), headed by Witham MP Priti Patel and Essex County Council Deputy Leader Kevin Bentley. With the Government set to make key decisions in the autumn on future …
Priti Patel MP delighted by Rivenhall Incinerator refusal
The MP for Witham, Priti Patel, has welcomed the decision by Essex County Council’s Development and Regulation Committee to refuse two planning applications relating to the Rivenhall Incinerator. The proposals included increasing the chimney stack height and the Council’s planning officers had recommended the applications for refusal. The grounds for …
Priti joins fight to save Wickham Bishops Library
Libraries are a fundamental part of our community that can provide a route for many to the outside world through books, learning & the internet. Priti Patel was pleased to meet with Cllr Henry Bass & a group of volunteers today to plan the campaign to save Wickham Bishops Library. …
Priti calls for transport investment for Essex
Witham MP Priti Patel held a debate in Parliament today [6 March 2019] on transport infrastructure in Essex. During the debate she highlighted to the Government the importance to the economy of investing in new infrastructure in Essex. Priti spoke of the need to end the delays to the A12 …
Priti calls for Armond Road Traveller Site Action
Witham MP Priti Patel has called on Braintree District Council and Essex Police to remove an unauthorised Traveller site on Armond Road, Witham. Despite fencing put up to prevent incursions, a number of caravans have appeared on the land. Priti said: “Yet again residents in Witham find themselves affected by …
Priti calls for responses to libraries consultation
Witham MP Priti Patel has called on residents and community groups to respond to Essex County Council’s consultation on the future of library services, which closes later this month on 20 February. The plans recommend the closure of four out of eight libraries in the Witham constituency and the closure …
Priti calls on Government to fund councils in Essex
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 …
Priti Patel MP welcomes SEND funding boost for Essex
Witham MP, Priti Patel, has welcomed the Government’s announcement that Essex will receive over £6 million of additional funding to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Last month, the Government announced that £250 million will be given to local councils up to 2020 to …