Priti celebrates contactless travel to Stansted Airport
The MP for Witham, Priti Patel, has welcomed the announcement that passengers travelling to Stansted Airport on the Stansted Express can now use contactless payment to travel. From next year, passengers will be able to use the tap of their phone to travel to and from the airport, something Priti …
Priti hosts Essex businesses in Parliament with Transport Secretary
Witham MP Priti Patel and the Essex Chambers of Commerce hosted a dinner meeting with the Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt Hon Mark Harper MP, in Parliament on Monday [13 May 2024]. Businesses from across Essex joined Priti and the Chambers’ Chief Executive Denise Rossiter to hear from …
Ely Junction rail investment welcomed by Priti
Witham MP Priti Patel has welcomed the Government announcing that it will be committing to investing in upgrading Ely Junction. Priti, along with fellow MPs from the East of England, has been a longstanding campaigner for the upgrading of Ely Junction to enable more passenger and freight trains to run …
Priti visits First Bus Essex to discuss constituent concerns
The Member of Parliament for Witham, Priti Patel, recently visited First Bus Essex at their depot in Chelmsford to meet with the Managing Director, Mr Piers Marlow, to discuss bus services in Witham. During their meeting, Priti raised concerns from constituents with regards to the X20 bus route, which no …
Witham MP welcomes return of more Stansted Express services
Witham MP, Priti Patel has welcomed the news that Greater Anglia is to return to an all day, four trains per hour Stansted Express service, seven days a week from December 2023 after campaigning on this issue. The service will be restored to its pre pandemic standard which is welcome …
Ticket office closure concerns raised by Priti in Parliament
Witham MP Priti Patel has raised local concerns with the proposed closures of ticket offices at four stations in her constituency. Under proposals consulted on in the summer, Greater Anglia have proposed closing the ticket offices at Hatfield Peverel, Witham, Kelvedon and Marks Tey stations. Priti, who has been in …
Priti slams ULEZ expansion ‘tax grab’
The Witham MP, Priti Patel, has continued to stand up for motorists in Essex who face paying the costs of the Labour Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s hated ULEZ tax, which will affect vehicles crossing the Greater London boundary, when it is expanded in two weeks’ time on 29 August. The £12.50 …
Priti Patel MP meets Managing Director of Go East Anglia to discuss Hedingham bus service concerns
Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham, visited the Hedingham Omnibuses depot in Kelvedon on Wednesday 9th August to meet with Mr Gavin Smith, Managing Director of Go East Anglia, to discuss the concerns constituents have raised in recent weeks about the school bus services provided and to visit …
Jeremy Hunt must keep fuel duty frozen in his Budget
Since 2010, FairFuelUK has been instrumental in influencing over twelve years of fuel duty freezes. For example, they have successfully pushed for a 1p cut in 2011 and 5p cut in 2022. Last year, we were very pleased to have been asked by the fantastic Howard Cox, founder of FairFuelUK, …
Priti Patel joins the Coggeshall Community Bus team
Witham MP, Priti Patel, joined Coggeshall Community Bus volunteers and travelled on the bus for part of its evening service between Coggeshall Market Hill and Kelvedon Station on Monday [13th August 2018]. Coggeshall Community Bus is operated entirely by volunteers and provides morning and evening services between Coggeshall Market Hill …