Priti Patel visits ten local schools on Get Witham Reading Day 2021
On Friday 9th July, ten schools in Witham participating in Get Witham Reading 2021, received a personal visit from Witham MP, Priti Patel. This is the MP’s tenth annual school literacy campaign aimed at improving standards of literacy across the Witham constituency. During her visits, Priti heard all about the …
Schools line up for Get Witham Reading 2021
Thirteen schools in Witham have confirmed their participation in Get Witham Reading 2021, organised by Witham MP, Priti Patel. This is the MP’s tenth annual school literacy campaign aimed at improving standards of literacy across the Witham constituency and it reaches its conclusion on Friday 9th July. This year’s participants …
Priti Patel meets Elm Hall Primary School pupil to celebrate her prolific read of over 9 million words
On Friday (25th June), the MP for Witham, Priti Patel, paid a visit to Elm Hall Primary School, Conrad Road, Witham to meet Katie Mason, a pupil aged 11m who is a prolific reader. Katie set herself a challenge to become the school’s highest recorded reading millionaire and to see …
Priti opens Flamin’ Moe’s Restaurant
Witham’s MP, Priti Patel, during a busy day in the constituency on Friday (25th June), took time out to visit Flamin’ Moe’s Restaurant at 68 Newland Street, Witham to perform a special ribbon cutting opening ceremony. Priti officiated at the opening of sister business Gelato Temptations in 2019, which shares …
Priti visits Powers Hall Academy to chat with pupils about their handwriting and gardening
On Friday morning (25th June), Witham’s MP, Priti Patel paid a visit to Powers Hall Academy, in Spa Road, for a catch up with Jane Bass CEO of Connected Learning, the trust which runs the School. During her visit, Priti toured the school’s allotments with many of the pupils taking …
Priti opens new primary school in Stanway
The Witham MP, Priti Patel has formally opened the Lakelands Primary School in Stanway. At a special ceremony attended by Paul Banks – CEO of Chelmsford Learning Partnership, Ruth Bird, Chair of Trustees, Roger Blundell – Chair of Governors, and the Leader of Essex County Council, Cllr Kevin Bentley, Priti …
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 calls for views on A12 widening scheme
The Witham MP, Priti Patel, has called on residents, local communities and businesses to respond to the latest consultation on the A12 Widening Scheme. The preliminary design consultation runs for eight weeks and includes detailed designs about the proposed works to widen the A12 into a three-lane carriageway between junction …
Priti Meets up with CHP housing association to hear all about their work in Witham
Priti Patel, the MP for Witham, has held a first meeting with Mary Gibbons, the Chief Executive of CHP, the charitable housing association, to find out more about its work in Witham. The two met on Saturday (19th June) at the Witham Hub meeting room in the Newlands Centre and …
Local MP calls in to see the new Complete Dance Studio at the Newlands Centre
The Witham MP, Priti Patel, has paid her first visit to the new premises opened by Complete Dance Studios at Newland House, in the Newlands Shopping Centre. On Saturday (19th June), Priti was given a tour by Jo and Adam Gillespie, proprietors of Complete Dance, followed by meeting some of …