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When you consider what makes up the UK’s national identity, what comes to mind? The Royal Family? Fish and chips? Our National Health Service. Expert queuing? Great answers, but for me nothing quite embodies our national character as much as Remembrance Sunday. The UK is far from alone in having a day dedicated to remembrance,
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Yesterday the Government announced changes which will transform the housing conditions of leaseholders, including capping ground rents and moving toward commonhold. However, with Forge Wood and a number of other roads in Crawley currently suffering from ‘fleecehold’ (having to pay large sums for services residents receive from the council elsewhere), I took the chance to
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Crawley has the largest per capita Tamil population in the country outside of London. I have known and worked with the local Tamil population for many years and last Saturday I was privileged to be a guest of honour at one of the local Tamil school’s Thai Pongal celebration, where I was given a copy
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen a council meeting as well-advertised as the one taking place today, so I’m sure most readers will be are aware that tonight Crawley Borough Council is be meeting to discuss its response to the Government’s offer of delaying this year’s local election. Over recent weeks I have spoken directly
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At a time when the world is reeling from the destabilising impact of other countries violating international law, I asked the minister of his assessment of following the plans of Reform and the Conservatives to do the same.
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Under the Tories, Crawley lost out on major investments due to a lack of National Grid capacity in our area, which is why I asked the Secretary of State what Labour is doing to fix the Grid.
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The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Emma Reynolds, published the Animal Welfare Strategy last month, setting out measures to protect livestock, pets and wild animals across England. Launching the strategy, Emma Reynolds said: “We’re a nation of animal lovers. This government is delivering the most ambitious animal welfare strategy in a
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Crawley MP Peter Lamb has welcomed today’s Government Budget, setting out a series of measures aimed at easing the cost of living, restoring public services, and getting the UK’s economy growing. Announcing the Budget, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, set out measures to increase the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage, increases in
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This Budget was a Cost of Living Budget, designed to help families make ends meet, with all but the wealthiest in society seeing greater net improvements in their living conditions as a result of the announcements made today: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69269c6222424e25e6bc31bb/Impact_on_households.pdf
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No Budget can just be an exercise in making the figures on a spreadsheet add up. Growing the economy and spending public money effectively are central tasks for any Chancellor, but we believe in a bigger goal for society: the wellbeing of people. That’s why we are delighted to have revived the APPG on Wellbeing
Peter Lamb for Crawley 