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Peter Lamb, MP for Crawley, took part in a hearing health clinic in the Houses of Parliament organised by RNID and Hear for Norfolk on 30 June. The event, delivered by RNID – the national charity supporting the more than 18 million people who are deaf, have hearing loss, or tinnitus – and Hear for…
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Since the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, every week that Parliament sits the name of a member of the Parliamentary community who lost their life serving in a world war has been read out as part of a ceremony displaying their page of the Houses’ books of remembrance. Today, I was privileged to lead the…
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Families in Crawley will enjoy discounted attractions and meals out, with VAT temporarily slashed on kid’s menu meals, children’s cinema and theatre tickets, and tickets for attractions like soft play, adventure centres, and theme parks this summer. The latest government measures to tackle the cost of living are designed to make it easier and more…
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As Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Wellbeing Economics, I secured Treasury agreement to discuss how research on the topic could benefit government decision making.
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Peter Lamb, Labour MP for Crawley, has welcomed the Government’s announcement that it intends to ban children under the age of 16 from accessing social media platforms, describing the move as an important step towards protecting young people’s mental health and wellbeing. The proposed measures come amid growing concern about the impact of social media…
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Peter Lamb, Labour MP for Crawley has joined the campaign for fathers to be given “Extra Time” with their families, backing a campaign from Movember and The Dad Shift to improve paternity leave in the UK. Ahead of England’s opening World Cup match and in the week of Father’s Day, MPs are donning World Cup…
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To lose any young person is a deep tragedy, but to die in such a violent way, and without the support of those tasked with your protection is too hard to bear. Two decades ago, I was a student at the University of Southampton, the pub Henry Nowak visited that night was a regular haunt…
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Crawley Borough Council is to receive more support in tackling the scourge of boarded up shops with a major expansion of powers to bring more long-term vacant properties into use. Communities Secretary Steve Reed has announced a £10 million expansion to High Streets Rental Auctions (HSRA) to ensure more councils across England can take on…
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There is an old two-panel political cartoon of a party activist confidently going to knock on a door surrounded by thought bubbles containing the kinds of issues national debates tend to focus on, but his face turns to surprise in the second panel when he discovers the voter instead raising bin collections, housing conditions and…
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After 33 years, today Crawley’s rail services go back into public ownership. It’s not a magical fix, but for the first time in decades it is the country and not shareholders who are the sole focus of our rail service. The Government already froze rail fares this year for the first time in 30 years,…
Peter Lamb for Crawley 