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Hopefully the coverage by Spotted and the Crawley Observer has helped to shed a little light on this, but given that I keep being asked about it I thought I’d set out everything in once place I could refer people back to. The very short version The council has a statutory obligation to house recently-arrived…
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Schools in Crawley are amongst the 92% set to receive less funding next year, according to research by ‘Stop School Cuts‘. A mere two schools in Crawley will avoid a funding cut in the next year, with all other schools having to absorb further cuts to their budget after over a decade of Austerity. It…
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If there is one thing you can do to help Labour to win it is to vote early using a postal vote. I cannot state this enough. It achieves this in several ways: Since turning 18, I have voted by post at every election except bar one. It’s quick, easy and helps Labour win. It’s…
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Tax Policy Associates (TPA) recently published a map outlining all the property in England and Wales which has been registered with Companies House since it became a requirement early last year. For Crawley, these holdings are mostly distributed like this. Somewhat unsurprisingly, the town centre and Manor Royal have the majority of these overseas-owned holdings.…
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Following reports that police chiefs have been ordered to arrest fewer people as a last ditch measure to address prison overcrowding, Peter Lamb—Labour candidate for Crawley—has written to the Home Secretary to demand assurances that the new edict will not put residents’ safety at risk. Prisons in England and Wales are currently facing record prison…
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Figures published by the Commons Library at the end of last year confirm that the average gross wages for those living in the constituency remain below not only the regional median wage, but the national median wage. This often comes as a surprise for people, as the average weekly earlings paid within the constituency are…
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While Highways is, of course, a county council responsibility, fairly often people write to me asking about what a roadwork is for or how long it will be in place. Of course, I always do my best to help, but the reality is that in general borough councillors have exactly the same routes for accessing…
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Campaigners last month launched a campaign calling on the UK Government to back stronger action on retail crime, which is blighting Britain’s town centres and high streets. Peter Lamb, Labour candidate for Crawley, said: “Retail crime has been a rising at a shocking rate across the UK, with the rate in Sussex climbing by 45%…
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Last month, the Trussell Trust published figures revealling food banks in the Trust’s network distributed a staggering 347,287 food parcels across our region in the last year – part of 3.1 million across the country, up 94% over the last five years. It’s worth bearing in mind that the figure is just parcels from the…
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has failed to hit its waiting list target – to treat patients within 18 weeks – in each month since September 2015, new figures from the House of Commons Library have shown. The NHS Constitution says that patients should wait no longer than 18 weeks from GP referral to…
Peter Lamb for Crawley 