Priti joins local Special Constables at Community Beat Surgery
The Witham MP, Priti Patel, called in to the Community Beat Surgery held at the Witham Hub on Saturday 5th February. The surgery is one of a series of fortnightly opportunities for members of the public to meet and chat to their local Special Constables. Specials Simon Jesse and Carrie-Ann …
Priti meets up with ‘Keep it 100’ to discuss youth violence and how to prevent it
Priti Patel, the MP for Witham has today (5th February) met up with Luisa Di Marco and Shirley Hume of ‘Keep it 100’ to discuss the organisation’s anti-youth violence campaign. ‘Keep It 100’ is locally based and works to empower communities against exploitation of young people, and to highlight youth violence, …
Priti Patel welcomes Black Notley development appeal refusal
The Witham MP, Priti Patel, has welcomed the decision taken by an independent planning inspector to throw out an appeal by speculative land developer Gladman, for 90 dwellings on a site in the countryside adjacent to Brain Valley Avenue, Black Notley. The development would have had a harmful impact on …
Priti meets new Headteachers and gets quizzed by students at two Witham schools
Local MP, Priti Patel has spent a morning (3rd December 2021) visiting two schools in Witham. She began with a visit to Maltings Academy during which she met, for the first time, new Headteacher, Sherry Zand and Damian Lee, who is the Executive Headteacher at the Maltings and New Rickstones …
Priti Patel backs small businesses ‘the lifeblood of our local communities’
Witham MP Priti Patel has called on local residents to shop locally and support small businesses across the constituency this month, to tie in with Small Business Saturday 2021 (4th December). Small businesses are the backbone of the UK economy, and it should not be underestimated how challenging the past …
4 year-old Acorn Academy pupil claims top prize in MP’s Christmas card design competition
Priti Patel, the MP for Witham, has today (3rd December 2021) called in to Acorn Academy in Witham to present prizes to the winner and two runners up, in the MP’s own annual Christmas card competition for 2021. The MP received more than 70 entries for her competition, from seven …
Witham MP hails three local winners of Maldon District Conservation & Design Awards
The Witham MP, Priti Patel, has praised the winners in the Maldon District Conservation & Design Awards 2021, three of whom are in her constituency. The scheme is operated by Maldon District Council and the judging panel is Chaired by Cllr Richard Siddall. Priti said: “I am delighted to see …
Witham MP leads ceremonial march for the fallen
After attending the commemorations at the Cenotaph in London on Sunday (14th November), local MP Priti Patel, returned to Witham where, together with Col. Charles Thomas, Deputy Lieutenant of Essex & Chairman of Witham RBL and the Town’s Mayor, Cllr Angela Kilmartin, she led the ceremonial march to the War …
Priti Patel inspects accident blackspots on Witham Road, Wickham Bishops
The Witham MP, Priti Patel, has been inspecting accident blackspots on the Witham Road in Wickham Bishops with local resident, Andrew Reid and local Councillor, Mark Durham. Mr Reid had contacted Priti regarding local concerns about the increasingly heavy traffic on the Witham Road, as well as vehicles speeding, following …
Priti Patel gets a tour of social farm following £10,000 National Lottery grant for improved facilities
During a busy afternoon in the constituency, Witham MP Priti Patel, took time out to call into Lauriston Farm, on the Blackwater Estuary near Goldhanger. The Farm is a charitable, community owned social farming business and works with people who have learning disabilities. The Farm is a safe environment in …