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The next election is our chance to change Crawley and the UK for the better. As Labour’s candidate for Crawley, I want to ensure that if I am elected, the work that I do in Parliament represents the views of residents across Crawley. To help me to better understand other residents’ priorities for the town,…
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Young people in Crawley may have a nest egg worth hundreds of pounds thanks to a Labour project abolished by the Tories. Gordon Brown introduced a children’s fund, kickstarted with £250 from the taxpayer for each child born between 1 September 2002 and 2 January 2011. The purpose was to set money aside to help…
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Dear Cllr Ali, As you will have seen, over the last week it has been reported that the Conservative Party’s largest donor, Frank Hester, has expressed racist views, including: Such views clearly have no place in our politics and your party leader has now stated that the comments were ‘racist’ and ‘wrong’. Despite this, senior…
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In Crawley, there as been a staggering 155% rise in Crawley families forced into expensive temporary accommodation since the Conservatives came to power. At the same time, council support from central government has fallen in Crawley by 55%. Across England the number of households in temporary accommodation has more than doubled to the highest levels…
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It is now four years since I took a tour around Crawley aboard one of Metrobus’s planned hydrogen-fuelled buses. During the trip we were told by the company about their plans to roll out green hydrogen across the network, as part of their commitments to achieving net zero. It was clear that a lot of…
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Friday 8th March 2024 The Rt Hon James Cleverly MPHome Secretary2 Marsham StreetLondonSW1P 4DF Dear Mr Cleverly, Re: Shoplifting in Crawley Retail crime is a scourge on our high streets which has a profound cost, not just on retailers but also upon the shopworkers who are too often forced to endure this criminality. In recent…
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Today is the final day of National Careers Week, aimed at helping young people–and those looking for a change of direction–to think more about their employment future and the options available. I could use this post to go into detail of what is currently wrong with careers policy in the UK and what needs to…
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Today is International Women’s Day, which as I’ve written about before has a longer history than most people assume. Whenever there’s an awareness day for a demographic group to try increase public understanding of particular issues they face, a small but loud group of voices ask why other groups aren’t being considered, which in this…
Peter Lamb for Crawley 