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Families in Crawley will receive new support to help children prepare for school, as Labour rolls out a package of measures from primary school offer day through to the first day in September. The move comes as over a third (37%) of children nationally are starting school without the basic skills they need for the…
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Peter Lamb, Member of Parliament for Crawley, has welcomed the Labour Government’s latest package of measures to boost the UK’s energy security and accelerate the transition to clean power, in response to growing instability in the Middle East. The announcement comes as the UK faces its second fossil fuel price spike in less than five…
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A Happy St George’s Day to all.
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In 2015, at a meeting with our Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner and Deputy Chief Constable, I was informed the police would no longer respond to various forms of anti-social behaviour and low-level crime, in order to prioritise other areas of work. Before leaving, I warned them if they let people get away with low-level…
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After years of struggling to fix the issue due to a lack of support by Government, Labour is setting the rules straight on fly-tipping enforcement.
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Families in Crawley will soon be able to benefit from free community sessions—ranging from playgroups to infant development classes—provided at local children and family centres to help support child development and ease the financial pressure on households. As part of the goal of reversing cuts to the last Labour Government’s much-celebrated Sure Start programme, children…
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Shelter is one of the most basic human needs. For all the incredible improvements economic growth and technological development have delivered over the last half century, the declining availability and increasing cost of housing has been the most significant constraint on people’s quality of life. The sale of council housing enabled more people to access…
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Peter Lamb, Labour MP for Crawley has welcomed the government’s plans to update the School Food Standards for the first time in over a decade and urged local people to contribute to the consultation. The move comes after parent polling revealed three quarters are concerned by the food their children are eating, while one in…
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Last October, I helped run a session with a variety of stakeholders on how to improve people’s quality of life through changing how we approach housing. A quick write-up of the event and the policy proposal which came out of it can be found below.
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Peter Lamb, MP for Crawley, has come out in support of a key change Labour has made to the student loan system to deliver stability and protections for graduates from escalating interest. The Labour government has placed a cap on the maximum interest rates on Plan 2 and 3 student loans at 6% from 1…
Peter Lamb for Crawley 