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Too few local residents are aware that we live in one of the UK’s strongest economic sub-regions and that within that sub-region Crawley’s economy is the dominant player. We have a real tendency for doing ourselves down as a town, when we really should recognise that we really have a vast amount going for us.…
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A major new sporting event coming to Crawley next year is being supported by Crawley Borough Council. The inaugural Run Gatwick, which takes place on Sunday 13 May 2018, incorporates the International Half Marathon, 5K race, corporate 5K and a Family Run for children aged four to 15 years. Crawley Borough Council is providing Southgate…
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Given how often young people have been accused of being disengaged with politics, it is truly remarkable to see the spectacle of Tory MPs using arcane bits of parliamentary process to prevent young people from being directly engaged in our democracy. This generation of young people has already seen their future hollowed out by a…
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This morning I was up at Local Government House (formerly Transport House, the headquarters of both the T&G and the Labour Party) for a meeting with other council leaders and senior officers. The Local Government Association (LGA) have only just moved back into the building, following works which will enable the lower floors to be…
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It must be something about the darkness of the late autumn and winter months which makes fireworks such as suitable companion of late year celebrations. There were certainly fireworks last weekend when I attended the 49th Annual Diwali Show of Crawley’s Gurjar Hindu Union, New Year Celebrations typically involve the launch of large numbers of…
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After years of austerity, most people will be aware council budgets are under extreme pressure. In the next few years, the last of the central government grant which once formed the bulk of our funding will go and we’ll be left surviving on council tax, a portion of business rates collected locally–Crawley retains around £4m…
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This month marks 75 years since the publication of the Beveridge Report, the blueprint upon which the post-war Labour Government built the modern welfare state. The report famously set out proposals to tackle the five social ills of squalor, ignorance, want, idleness, and disease, and its suggestions paved the way for the formation of the National…
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This Saturday, Tilgate Park Run will be celebrating its 100,000th finisher. For a tiny amount of upfront funding from the council, volunteers have produced probably the greatest public health intervention in the town’s history, introducing dozens of new people to the joys of physical fitness every week. Running has become an increasingly popular hobby in…
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Changes to the Historic High Street will improve pedestrian safety and prevent further damage to street furniture and fixtures. Funded by Crawley Borough Council in partnership with West Sussex County Council, works are currently taking place in the Historic High Street to secure the pedestrianised area from vehicles and prevent illegal parking. The High Street…
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Last week, members of Crawley Borough Council had the opportunity for the first time to tour ‘Little Trees’, the town’s new cemetery. Located just south of Broadfield, the new cemetery will have space to provide a final resting place for loved ones for the next 50 years. Its design enables it to accommodate burials from…
Peter Lamb for Crawley 