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Priti Patel MP chairs business meeting with Transport Secretary

Published on 8th February 2019 Published in General NewsPublished in Local News

Witham MP, Priti Patel, chaired a meeting of the Essex Chambers of Commerce Business, Transport and Infrastructure Forum on Monday evening with the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling MP, as guest speaker [4 February 2019]. The meeting was well attended by a number of Essex businesses and the …

Priti Patel MP calls for action on Witham Health Centre

Category: Local News Published: 8th February 2019 - 8:59 am

Priti Patel, Member of Parliament for Witham, chaired a meeting with Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Witham Town GPs on Friday afternoon to press for action to secure the delivery of a new multi-purpose health centre in Witham [Friday 25 January 2019]. Priti has previously expressed her concerns …

Campaign against Gimsons growing in strength

Published on 31st January 2019 Published in General NewsPublished in Local News

Witham MP Priti Patel, local campaigners and councillors have met to discuss the next steps to take in opposing the large housing development plans for the Gimsons site. Hundreds of local residents across Witham have been lobbying Braintree District Council to reject the plans for a wide range of reasons …

Priti meets residents at Lunch Club

Published on 31st January 2019 Published in Local News

Witham MP Priti Patel has visited the Witham Town Lunch Club, whose membership numbers were boosted following Priti’s Advice and Information Fair held last year. The Lunch Club meets three times a week where meals are available to local residents in the community and they now have eight new members. …

Priti Patel MP meets Christmas Card competition winner

Category: Local News Published: 31st January 2019 - 9:02 am

Priti Patel, Member of Parliament for Witham, visited Hatfield Peverel St. Andrew’s Junior School today to meet Jasmine Fenwick, the 8-year old winner of her 2018 Christmas card competition [Friday 25 January 2019]. Priti met Jasmine to thank her for her outstanding design and congratulated her on winning the competition. …

Priti Patel MP calls for action on Witham Health Centre

Category: Local News Published: 30th January 2019 - 6:37 pm

Priti Patel, Member of Parliament for Witham, chaired a meeting with Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Witham Town GPs on Friday afternoon to press for action to secure the delivery of a new multi-purpose health centre in Witham [Friday 25 January 2019]. Priti has previously expressed her concerns …

Priti calls for call-in on Incinerator plans

Category: Local News Published: 30th January 2019 - 10:56 am

Witham MP Priti Patel has asked the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to exercise his powers to call-in the current planning application for the Rivenhall Incinerator. Speaking in the House of Commons [28 January 2019], Priti highlighted to the Secretary of State that the original planning …

Priti calls for better funding for Essex

Category: General News Published: 29th January 2019 - 7:19 pm

Witham MP Priti Patel has called on the Treasury to review funding made available for schools, health services and the police in Essex as part of the forthcoming comprehensive spending review which sets multi-year spending parameters. Funding per capital from central government for those services is lower than in other …

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