Priti raises quarrying plan concerns
Witham MP Priti Patel has met with local residents in Copford Village Hall concerned about proposals for new quarrying sites in the Colchester area and around the A12. As part of a review of Essex County Council’s Minerals Plan, a consultation is taking place where local communities and residents are …
Priti visits the Colchester Foodbank
Priti Patel MP has visited the Colchester Foodbank at Tollgate Retail Park in Stanway, following an invitation from Colchester’s Chief Foodbank Officer, Michael Beckett. Priti met Michael and his team when she visited them on Friday 9th June 2023 and was given a tour of the premises and a full …
Priti gives her continued support to Domestic Abuse victims and visits women’s refuge in Colchester
Priti Patel, the MP for Witham, visited a women’s refuge run by Next Chapter in Colchester recently to hear about the experiences of women who have fled domestic violence or abuse in the local area. Next Chapter (formerly known as Colchester & Tendring Women’s Refuge) is a domestic abuse charity …
Priti Patel visits Provide HQ
Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham, visited Provide at their headquarters in the Colchester Business Park on Friday 10th March 2023 to meet with their chief executive, Mark Heasman, for an update on their work in the Witham constituency. They are a social enterprise company that provides health …
Priti calls in on the elephants at Colchester Zoo
The Witham MP, Priti Patel, made a weekend house call on some rather unusual constituents. Priti was invited by Colchester Zoo to meet their elephants and learn all about the hard work, care and attention that goes into looking after these incredible animals. Legislation, including the Kept Animals Bill is …
City status for Colchester is welcomed by Priti Patel MP
Priti Patel MP has joined residents, businesses and other MPs in Essex in celebrating the announcement that Colchester is one of the eight new cities created to mark Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Colchester was one of 38 places considered for this honour and becomes the third place in …
Priti Patel tours Oaks Hospital and sees new state of the art CT scanner
Witham’s MP, Priti Patel, has today (25th June) been given a tour of privately owned Oaks Hospital, Mile End Road, Colchester which is part of the independent hospital operator group, Ramsay Health Care. Patients from Witham routinely go to Oaks Hospital for specialist private and NHS healthcare treatment and the …
Priti opens Matrix Hair & Beauty Academy in Colchester
Priti Patel MP has formally opened the new Matrix Hair & Beauty Academy in New Road, Colchester. Priti opened Matrix’s first premises in August 2018 and the business has now grown enough for it to be able to open a second academy, which opened for business on Friday (11th September). …
Priti visits the new Lakelands Primary School in Stanway
Witham MP Priti Patel has today (11th September) visited the new 420-place Lakelands Primary School in Wagtail Mews, Stanway, Colchester. Construction of the £6.5million school, which has been part-funded by Essex County Council (ECC) and S106 funding, started in October 2019 but Barnes Construction were required to pause works during …
Priti Patel MP visits Colchester Zoo for post lockdown update
Priti Patel MP has today (21st August 2020) visited Colchester Zoo, a major tourist and recreational venue in her Witham constituency, for a tour and an update on how the Zoo is coping following its post-lockdown re-opening in June. Priti met with Colchester Zoo’s management team, including its Managing Director, …