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Cllr Peter Lamb, Labour Leader of Crawley Borough Council, calls on the Government to fund free school meals throughout the holiday Even before the pandemic, a third of Crawley’s children…

Local government has a long history in England, its earliest roots going back to William the Conqueror. Over the centuries, various responsibilities were devolved from central government, with different local…

Since April, I have been warning that due to the impact of COVID-19 on local government finances, Crawley Borough Council will be forced to make its first cuts in six…

Since their formation, the Centre for Cities has provided an invaluable stream of research and thinking on the economic and social issues facing the UK's leading urban areas, one I…

The coronavirus pandemic has had a major impact on Crawley Borough Council’s finances. The lockdown and subsequent restrictions meant that the council’s income from K2 Crawley, The Hawth, Tilgate Nature…