Priti Patel, the Witham MP, has welcomed today’s announcement (9.07.19) by the Leader of Essex County Council, Cllr David Finch at a full council meeting that no public libraries in Essex will close over the next five years. She has written to Cllr Finch requesting further details of the new …
The Witham MP, Priti Patel, has written to the Leader of Essex County Council, Cllr David Finch, to press the Council to work with local communities to keep all the libraries in the Witham constituency open. Last year, the Council began a consultation process on proposals which could have led …
Witham MP Priti Patel has met with members of the Coggeshall Library Working Group to discuss plans to save the village’s library from the risk of closure, under proposals from Essex County Council. Priti has been pressing Essex County Council to reconsider their plans and to support and empower those …
Priti Patel, the MP for Witham, has made the case for keeping local libraries open in her constituency, at a meeting with Kelvedon St Mary’s Primary Academy School Council (17th May). Under the current Essex County Council (ECC) proposals seven out of the eight libraries in Witham could be closed. During …
Libraries are a fundamental part of our community that can provide a route for many to the outside world through books, learning & the internet. Priti Patel was pleased to meet with Cllr Henry Bass & a group of volunteers today to plan the campaign to save Wickham Bishops Library. …
Witham MP Priti Patel has called on residents and community groups to respond to Essex County Council’s consultation on the future of library services, which closes later this month on 20 February. The plans recommend the closure of four out of eight libraries in the Witham constituency and the closure …