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Local families are set to benefit from expanded support for parents and babies as the Government rolls out its Healthy Babies programme to Crawley. The expansion will mean parents can access more joined-up support through Best Start Family Hubs, bringing together health, early years and family services in one place. Under the plans, families will…
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Following the intervention of Peter Lamb, Crawley’s Member of Parliament, the Home Office have now confirmed that The George Hotel will no longer be used as asylum accommodation. The Grade II* Listed building on Crawley’s High Street, currently marketed as Ramada Crawley Gatwick, will see its contract with the Home Office end this December, following…
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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…
