Uncategorized Cabinet agrees tax on empty houses 4 Oct 20193 Oct 2019 Crawley Borough Council’s Cabinet agreed plans to increase Council Tax rates for empty properties at its meeting last Wednesday (25 September). The decision was made to increase rates to incentivise…
Uncategorized Crawley Observer Column, Wednesday 2nd October 2019 3 Oct 20191 Oct 2019 There's a well-known phrase often attributed to George Orwell: 'People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.' While…
Uncategorized Crime up 77% in Tilgate and 13% across Crawley 26 Sep 201925 Sep 2019 New figures reveal crime in Crawley has risen by 13% in under a year, including a staggering 77% increase in Tilgate. The figures have prompted renewed calls from the town’s…
Uncategorized Crawley Observer Column, Wednesday 25th September 2019 26 Sep 201924 Sep 2019 Every country has a constitution, the UK might be rare in that our constitution is found in an uncodified collection of laws, books and traditions rather than a single written…
Uncategorized Press Release: Council Leader calls for the return of Crawley’s police funding 24 Sep 201924 Sep 2019 Following the release of new figures showing that Government cuts to police budgets are over three times greater than the recently announced new funding, Cllr Peter Lamb has called for…
Uncategorized Crawley Observer Column, Wednesday 18th September 2019 19 Sep 201917 Sep 2019 Earlier this year, Crawley Borough Council joined with other local authorities and legislatures around the world to declare a climate emergency, recognising the rapidly decreasing window of opportunity mankind has…