Uncategorized Crawley bids to host the Queen’s Baton Relay 31 Jan 202228 Jan 2022 Crawley has made a bid to host a leg of the Commonwealth Games’ Queen’s Baton Relay in July. The relay is currently on its 294-day, 72 nation and territory, 90,000-mile…
Uncategorized Council proposes a balanced budget, without frontline cuts 29 Jan 202227 Jan 2022 Crawley Borough Council’s proposed 2022/23 budget is set to be debated by the Cabinet on Wednesday 2 February, with a recommendation made to Full Council on 23 February. Despite challenging…
Uncategorized Conservative policy is turning back the clock to a poverty not seen since the era of Victorian slums, Crawley Observer Column, Wednesday 26th January 2022 28 Jan 202226 Jan 2022 From Conservative MPs’ attempts to protect Owen Paterson from corruption allegations, to apparently regular law breaking at Number 10 throughout the pandemic, to new revelations of ministers being fired just…
Uncategorized Holocaust Memorial Day 27 Jan 202226 Jan 2022 Today is International Holocaust Memorial Day, as designated by United Nations resolution, the date chosen to recall the liberation of Auschwitz on the 27th January 1945. Astoundingly, that resolution was…
Uncategorized Young Children missed birthdays while Conservatives partied 26 Jan 202226 Jan 2022 6,267 young children in Crawley haven’t had a birthday party in almost three years due to the lockdown restrictions, yet the man responsible for setting those rules has partied away…
Uncategorized Threatened by Government for trying to prevent fraud, Crawley Observer Column, Wednesday 19th January 2022 20 Jan 202218 Jan 2022 One of the worst parts of a council leader's job is having to write off business rates debt. Although almost none of rates collected in Crawley stays here, it's all…