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Priti Patel chairs public meeting on Witham station upgrade

Category: Local News Published: 24th July 2018 - 9:08 am

Witham MP, Priti Patel, chaired a public meeting about the Witham station planning proposals for local residents yesterday evening [Thursday 19 July 2018]. Representatives from Greater Anglia, the planning applicant, were in attendance to listen to the concerns of residents about the planning proposals. At the meeting, concerns about the …

Priti Patel launches Get Witham Reading 2018

Published on 5th July 2018 Published in Local News

Witham MP, Priti Patel, has launched her yearly literacy initiative Get Witham Reading today [Thursday 5 July 2018]. Get Witham Reading was established in 2012 to encourage reading and improve literacy levels across the Witham constituency and it is now taking place for the seventh consecutive year. This year’s event …

Witham MP chairs Great Eastern Main Line Rail Taskforce meeting

Category: General News Published: 3rd July 2018 - 8:55 am

Witham MP, Priti Patel, chaired a meeting of the Great Eastern Main Line Taskforce held in Parliament today [Monday 2 July 2018]. The Taskforce was established in 2013 to make the case for investment in the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) and was successful in influencing the new Greater Anglia …

Priti calls for transport investment and free ports to turbo charge trade

Category: Local News Published: 28th June 2018 - 2:20 pm

Witham MP Priti Patel has called on the Government to invest in better transport links and to introduce free ports to turbo-charge international trade as the UK leaves the EU. The introduction of free ports would support and increase in trade and associated employment and would benefit Essex with the …

Witham MP pressing rail company about train services

Published on 27th June 2018 Published in General NewsPublished in Local News

Witham MP, Priti Patel, met with representatives from Greater Anglia on Wednesday [27 June 2018] to raise passenger concerns about rail services and ask Greater Anglia about what steps they are taking to improve their services. Priti met with Jamie Burles, Managing Director at Greater Anglia, and Jonathan Denby, Head …

Independent Inspector Slams Local Plan proposals

Category: Local News Published: 15th June 2018 - 3:49 pm

Witham MP Priti Patel has expressed her concerns and disappointment after an independent Planning Inspector slammed the proposals led by Colchester Borough Council and Braintree District Council for a garden settlement on the Colchester Borough and Braintree District border. The Inspector considering the development proposals has raised serious questions over …

Priti Patel to launch Get Witham Reading 2018

Published on 7th June 2018 Published in General NewsPublished in Local News

Witham MP, Priti Patel, will launch her yearly literacy initiative Get Witham Reading in schools on Thursday 5th July 2018 to celebrate and promote reading amongst schoolchildren. First launched in 2012, Get Witham Reading is celebrating its seventh year by bringing together over a hundred schoolchildren and their parents and …

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