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Listen to Crawley people

Another month goes by and Crawley sees another major crime take place in the heart of our community. I’m sick of it and I know most residents feel the same as I do, we shouldn’t be forced to put up with crime on our streets. I regularly have residents writing…

2019 Campaigning starts with a huge turnout

Over forty people turned out in Tilgate for the first campaign day of 2019. On what was a very cold day Labour party campaigners received a warm welcome on the doorsteps with most residents supporting Labour in Crawley. Crawley Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate Peter Lamb was joined by Helen Hayes…

Crawley Rail Fares Rip-Off

Crawley Labour activists kicked-off 2019 by raising awareness of another rail fare hike at Three Bridges this morning, joined by Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Margaret Greenwood MP. Under the Conservatives, the cost of getting to work has risen by 36%, vastly out pacing family incomes. As a commuter…

Prospects for 2019

So, what happened in Crawley in 2018. Well, at Crawley Borough Council we continued building new affordable homes for local people, working hard to secure better job opportunities and maintaining the town’s services in the face of huge cuts from Government. Indeed, despite the wild verges following appalling weather at…

Merry Xmas to All

With less than a week left before Christmas Day, I’ll resist the temptation to discuss our ongoing national turmoil and its implications for Crawley, or the latest improvements to the town being driven by Crawley Borough Council, and focus on something more seasonal. Amongst all the fun with friends and…

Stop Fracking

Cllr Peter Lamb writes: Last month, I joined with hundreds of other elected representatives in calling for the Government to drop its plans designating exploratory drilling for fracking as ‘permitted development’. Permitted development is where any planning application of a particular type gets automatically approved. If you want to know…

Progress has stalled!

The principle each generation should do better than the last is one we hold in common. Surely, it’s only fair when our parents left us a better deal than they got, as did their parents and theirs’ before. That progress is why we no longer live in caves, why we…

Tory ‘poll tax on wheels’

Labour condemns West Sussex Tories’ “cynical” revenue raising proposals for all motorists to pay for parking permits as the “new Tory poll tax on wheels” Labour West Sussex county councillors have reacted with outrage at controversial proposals considered this week by the Tory-run council, that over time would make it…

Supporting Small Businesses in Crawley

Federation of Small Business Members, Ann Swain, Geoff Williamson and Amanda Davey, accompanied by Cllr Peter Smith, Cabinet Member for Economic Development at Crawley Borough Council, visited several independent retailers in the High Street area to show support for Small Business Saturday. They started at the Lovebean Café in The…

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