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Priti slams Labour’s damaging planning reforms

Published on 12th December 2024 Published in Local NewsPublished in National News

Witham MP Priti Patel has slammed the Labour Government’s changes to the National Planning Policy Framework and decision to impose top-down targets on local councils. Their plans will undermine local democracy and decision-making, leave the countryside vulnerable to huge new developments and fail to deliver new investment in local infrastructure …

Labour’s cruel Winter Fuel Payment cut to hit 320,000 Essex pensioners.

Published on 17th October 2024 Published in National News

The MP for the Witham constituency, Priti Patel, can reveal the full impact of Labour’s cruel policy of removing the Winter Fuel Payment from pensioners across Essex. After grilling the Department for Work and Pensions on the number of pensioners affected, Priti has made the Government admit that around 20,000 …

Priti challenges Labour over pylons

Published on 9th October 2024 Published in National News

Witham MP Priti Patel yesterday challenged Energy Secretary Ed Miliband and Labour Energy Minister Michael Shanks over their plans to bulldoze our countryside to make way for over 100 miles of pylons and overhead powerlines across the East of England, including through the Witham constituency. Speaking in the House of …

Priti warns on permanent cuts to prison places

Published on 10th September 2024 Published in National News

Witham MP Priti Patel has challenged the Government on plans to cut prison places by 5,500. On the day that Labour Ministers have released 1,700 prisoners early, Priti referred to a Government published impact assessment that stated savings would be made by cutting back on building new prison places and …

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