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Find out more about our campaign in Crawley by going to: https://www.crawleylabour.org.uk/whats-on/
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Today, by United Nations’ Resolution, marks World Bicycle Day and by coincidence I had a fairly heavy questioning on the doorstep about cycling provision in the town. Cycling has a strong history in Crawley. When the New Town was first built, along with cornershops and launderettes, every neighbourhood parade had a bicycle repair shop as…
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As you might imagine, during a General Election most conversations on the doorstep tend to focus on national issues, given that the vote is to decide who will represent us in Parliament. So, it’s a testament to just how bad our roads have become, that every time I go out knocking doors potholes keep coming…
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Today marks the start of volunteers’ week, a week dedicated to recognising the contributions that volunteering makes in our society. While around 14m people volunteer formally with organisations, the footprint of volunteering is much greater with the overwhelming majority of us volunteering informally at some point during the year. Volunteering is a great way to…
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Today is World No Tobacco Day, an initiative of the United Nations to raise awareness on the harmful and deadly effects of tobacco use. There are few changes in consumption quite as dramatic as the national retreat from smoking as the health effects have become increasingly well-known. Like any addictive substance, the pace of change…
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At the time of the pandemic, Crawley Borough Council were threatened by the Government with being named-and-shamed for carrying our basic fraud checks on grants being made by the council, but we took the decision to call their bluff. Public money isn’t ours to waste. Instead, the Tories’ £400bn of taxpayer money spent on COVID-19,…
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With the Conservatives first repeatedly delaying, weakening and now dropping the legislation which would have delivered on their 2019 manifesto pledge to ban no-fault evictions, Crawley’s 8,312 renters have now been left entirely without the protection they were promised. It’s now over five years since the Tories promised to scrap Section 21 no-fault evictions. Yet…
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As of this month, there are 6,462 people in the UK waiting for an organ transplant. Despite this in the course of the last year only 3,052 transplants took place, with 1,183 donors. That mismatch in donor numbers and transplants may look odd, but while it is possible for a person to donate a whole…
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It is said that when a Persian Sultan asked his wise men to express a statement which was true in all situations, after deliberation they came up with: ‘this too shall pass’. Things change, it’s inevitable, and the general direction of travel suggests that the days of cash are numbered. I don’t feel particularly strongly…
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Amongst all the buzz of the General Election, it would be too easy to miss the fact that the council has only just returned from its own local election, with the Annual Council meeting taking place last Friday. I’m afraid that the title is a bit of a misnomer really, as council officers and councillors…
Peter Lamb for Crawley 