Careers fair brings major employers to local secondary schools and supports students with career development
Witham MP, Priti Patel, has re-established her annual careers fair for local secondary school pupils, post pandemic. The Careers Fair, was organised in conjunction with Essex Chambers of Commerce and hosted by Maltings Academy on Friday 1st July. The brainchild of Priti Patel MP, the Fair was attended by more …
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 …
Priti Patel opens the £500k new look Tom’s Farm Shop & Garden Centre
Tom’s Farm Shop & Garden Centre on the Maldon Road, near Tiptree has undergone a major £500,000 revamp and the new look premises were opened at the weekend by local MP, Priti Patel. Priti carried out a formal ribbon cutting ceremony alongside owner Tom Gregan and his wife Nikki. This …
Witham MP tours ‘local landmark’ Golf Centre
Witham’s MP, Priti Patel has paid a visit to the Rivenhall Oaks Golf Centre in Evans Way, Rivenhall for a tour of the facilities available at the Centre. During her tour at the weekend, conducted by owners Oliver, Emma and Simon Brice, Priti was shown the new landscaping around the …
Priti donates £500 to Fairleigh Hospice
The Member of Parliament for Witham, Priti Patel called in to the Farleigh Hospice Shop in Newland Street on Friday, to deliver a cheque for £500. Farleigh Hospice is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and the MP was keen to make her own personal donation to this excellent cause. …
Local MP opens Tiptree’s newest hair salon
The MP for Witham, which includes Tiptree, Priti Patel, was back in the Village on Friday (24th June 2022) to officiate at the formal opening ceremony of the Feathers Hair Salon at 68c Church Road, alongside Feathers partner and owner, Kerry Bush and Salon Manager Jade Pain. The new facility …
Priti Patel lights up Witham’s Platinum Jubilee beacon
Priti Patel, Witham’s MP, was in town on Thursday night (2nd June 2022) to light Witham Town Council’s Platinum Jubilee beacon. The MP joined the Jubilee celebrations on River Walk and lit the beacon at 9.45pm. Witham’s beacon is one of more than 2,000 across the country that were lit …
Priti Patel MP visits Knife Crime Amnesty Event in Witham
Local MP, Priti Patel, visited the Witham Hub in the Grove Centre, Witham on Saturday 21st May, to support a Knife Crime Amnesty organised by Essex Police, taking place during their regular Police Surgery. The event is part of a County wide Knife Amnesty campaign by Essex Police The campaign, …
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 …
MP’s Get Witham Reading campaign celebrates its tenth anniversary
Priti Patel, the MP for Witham has launched her annual school literacy campaign ‘Get Witham Reading 2022’. The campaign was held for the first time in 2012, when children’s literacy levels in Witham fell below the national average. At the time, 1 in 6 pupils were leaving school without achieving …