Priti welcomes new police funding for Witham
The Witham MP, Priti Patel, has welcomed almost £450,000 of new investment to tackle crime in Witham, to make local streets safer and to reduce violence against women and girls. Over £297,000 of the funding will come from the Home Office’s Safer Streets fund, after a successful bid from Essex …
Priti Patel holds employers forum to discuss key issues affecting local businesses
Witham’s MP, Priti Patel, has brought together local businesses from across the Witham Constituency, at Witham Town Hall to discuss issues affecting their businesses. The meeting was organised in cooperation with Essex Chambers of Commerce. Representatives from Dalebrook Supplies Ltd, Simarco Worldwide Logistics, JTA Safety, McKenzie Arnold Group and Allwag …
Priti sponsors Witham Carnival 2022 with donation and helps to crown the new Carnival Queen and Court
Witham MP, Priti Patel was joined on Friday (2nd July), by Town Mayor, Cllr Jack Bayford at a special ceremony held in the Grove Shopping Centre for the crowning of the Witham Carnival Senior Queen 2022, Emma, and the Princesses, who will form her court. The Carnival Queen, and her …
Careers fair brings major employers to local secondary schools and supports students with career development
Witham MP, Priti Patel, has re-established her annual careers fair for local secondary school pupils, post pandemic. The Careers Fair, was organised in conjunction with Essex Chambers of Commerce and hosted by Maltings Academy on Friday 1st July. The brainchild of Priti Patel MP, the Fair was attended by more …
Witham MP tours ‘local landmark’ Golf Centre
Witham’s MP, Priti Patel has paid a visit to the Rivenhall Oaks Golf Centre in Evans Way, Rivenhall for a tour of the facilities available at the Centre. During her tour at the weekend, conducted by owners Oliver, Emma and Simon Brice, Priti was shown the new landscaping around the …
Priti donates £500 to Fairleigh Hospice
The Member of Parliament for Witham, Priti Patel called in to the Farleigh Hospice Shop in Newland Street on Friday, to deliver a cheque for £500. Farleigh Hospice is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and the MP was keen to make her own personal donation to this excellent cause. …
Priti Patel lights up Witham’s Platinum Jubilee beacon
Priti Patel, Witham’s MP, was in town on Thursday night (2nd June 2022) to light Witham Town Council’s Platinum Jubilee beacon. The MP joined the Jubilee celebrations on River Walk and lit the beacon at 9.45pm. Witham’s beacon is one of more than 2,000 across the country that were lit …
Priti Patel MP visits Knife Crime Amnesty Event in Witham
Local MP, Priti Patel, visited the Witham Hub in the Grove Centre, Witham on Saturday 21st May, to support a Knife Crime Amnesty organised by Essex Police, taking place during their regular Police Surgery. The event is part of a County wide Knife Amnesty campaign by Essex Police The campaign, …
New Essex Police Local Area Commander meets up with Witham MP
Witham MP, Priti Patel, has met Essex Police’s new North Local Area Commander, Chief Superintendent Claire Talbot. Chief Superintendent Talbot, based in Braintree, took up her new appointment very recently and asked for an introductory meeting with Priti, which took place in central Witham on Saturday. They had a full …
Priti meets up with charity dedicated to reducing the damage caused by traumatic childhoods
Responding to a request from one of her constituents, Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham has held a meeting with Alex Williamson, Campaign Officer at the WAVE Trust, to find out about the Trust’s campaign to reduce trauma in childhood. The constituent had himself suffered from such experiences, …