Author: pkl204

I'm often told when Crawley was built, residents were told there would be homes for 'you', for 'your children' and for 'your children's children'. It was a bold pledge, particularly…

Thomas Bennett can be saved. Once the leading school in West Sussex for Special Needs and with one of the country's best value added scores, under Academisation the community college…

As Leader of Crawley Borough Council I've had two major goals over the last four years: build as much affordable housing for local people as quickly as possible and stop…

Louise Goldsmith, the Leader of West Sussex County Council, tells us that cuts to Open House and other housing support services are necessary because they don't have the money to…

Last month, I raised concerns over the cut in officers numbers at Sussex Police and the spike in drugs and violence in Crawley which followed. Of course, this was met…

After frantically catching-up following the local elections, Council business usually quietens down over the Summer. This year was different: we've redrafted the council's Corporate Strategy and Transformation Plans (outlining how…