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Young people across Crawley could benefit from a major new partnership between the Government and Britain’s leading retailers, designed to give thousands of young people the experience they need to take their first step into work. The new programme will offer more than 11,000 two-to-four-week work experience placements to 18-24-year-olds who are not in employment,…
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Under the Tories, the Elections Act made it far harder for people to express their democratic right. Labour’s Representation of the People Bill reenfranchises the British people and makes it harder for foreign influences to corrupt our politics. So, why did Reform MPs oppose it?
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I remember the email well. As Leader of Crawley Borough Council, a resident was asking why the council was allowing so many gambling shops to be opened in town. It was a matter which mattered a great deal to her, because she had lost her brother to his gambling addiction. She had approached the MP…
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Best of luck to all those getting their A-Level results today.
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Peter Lamb MP has welcomed leading wellbeing experts from across government, academia and civil society to Parliament for a discussion on the findings of the World Happiness Report 2026, highlighting the growing importance of wellbeing in shaping public policy. The event, hosted by Wellbeing Economics APPG Co-Chair Peter Lamb MP in Parliament, was organised by…
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Families across Crawley will see the cost of going to school slashed even further from September, as Labour confirms caps on branded uniforms and more free breakfast clubs. Best Start free breakfasts clubs are already delivering cumulative savings of nearly £25million to families by serving up over 10 million free breakfasts and five million hours…
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Peter Lamb, Labour MP for Crawley, has welcomed the Government’s latest plans to crack down on youth vaping, backing new proposals designed to stop children becoming addicted to nicotine while ensuring vaping remains available as a tool to help adult smokers quit. The Government has today launched a 12-week UK-wide consultation on a series of…
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Households in Crawley and across the UK are set to benefit from Government action to cut the cost of electricity this winter, with Andy Burnham announcing the removal of Value Added Tax from household electricity bills from this Autumn. In his first speech to the nation, the new Prime Minister committed to tackling the cost…
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For people who work overseas, such as cabin crew, the overseas expenses rate sets the tax-free limit at which companies can reimburse expenses. With the rate having been left the same since 2014, there is now a real struggle making ends meet for many of those who rely upon expenses overseas. I recently secured a…
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The nationwide rollout follows a successful pilot, first launched by the Crown Prosecution Service in the West Midlands in June 2025 and later expanded to the North West, Yorkshire and Humberside, and Cymru-Wales. The pilot has already seen cases continue that would otherwise have been wrongly dropped. From 13 July, rape and sexual assault survivors…
