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Head over to the Memorial Gardens today (12pm to 5pm) for a range of attractions, including live music and performances from Crawley Festival’s ‘BACKstage’ (not sure when this stopped being MAINstage) and a cornucopia of international cuisines from the Cultural Kitchen. While Crawley Festival covers a wider range of events and attractions, BACKstage/MAINstage along with…
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The General Election has now been called and I will be running as the Labour Party’s candidate. Crawley is my home. I was born here, went to school here, and I’m now raising my own family here. I love our town and believe there is so much about Crawley that is great, which is precisely…
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Last week, the Labour Party announced the first crucial steps the party would take in government, steps which will make an immediate impact to working people’s lives, for instance Great British Energy. From conversations on the doorstep across the town, I know that the cost of living is the single biggest concern of Crawley residents.…
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Labour’s Green Prosperity Plan will benefit Crawley, by saving £300 off the average energy bill for families and bringing good jobs to the local community. Labour’s Green Prosperity Plan is the party’s landmark plan to grow Britain’s economy, cut energy bills once and for all, and make Britain energy independent. The party has today confirmed…
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Last week, CIPD published its most recent Labour Market Outlook, a quarterly account of over 2,000 employers’ views on a range of issues of the day, most significantly around employment recruitment, retention and reward. While most of the themes carried across from the last quarter, the contrast between public and private sectors appears to have…
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Every 18th May, Tamils across the world gather to mark Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day, recalling the loss of tens of thousands of civilians in the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War. The indiscriminate shelling undertaken by the Sri Lankan military during this period of the conflict remains under investigation by the UN High Commissioner…
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The Royal British Legion have kindly been reminding their councillor network of a number of significant anniversaries taking place this year of which there are many. The first of these was the Battle of Monte Cassino, the 80th anniversary of which is taking place tomorrow. Having failed to study the Italian Campaign in any great…
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Peter Lamb—Labour candidate for Crawley, has called for the Government to get to grips with mental health services in Sussex, as figures continue to reveal local people left unable to access vital support when needed. The latest figures for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust reveal that over a quarter of those with suspected psychosis—or loss…
Peter Lamb for Crawley 