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A Freedom of Information request by Sussex Labour has revealed that victims of crime in Sussex have experienced a dramatic increase in waiting times for both police ‘Emergency’ and ‘Priority’ response calls since the last General Election. From 2019 to 2023, victims categorised as ‘Grade 1 – Emergency Response’, a category including calls where there…
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In 2014, I faced my first council election as Leader of the Opposition on Crawley Borough Council. We knew that–with a bit of luck and a good campaign–after eight years in opposition we were finally in a position where we could regain control of the council. We also knew that if we didn’t have a…
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Local retailers, shop workers and shoppers are facing unprecedented levels of shoplifting and violence as criminals target Britain’s high streets. According to data released in February by the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the trade body representing retail businesses in the UK, incidents of customer theft have risen to a record 16.7 million, up from 8…
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World Earth Day has been celebrated on the 22nd April since 1970. In the half century or so since its initiation, the level of global awareness and concern regarding environmental issues has exploded, but the day continues to provide an opportunity to reflect on the risks posed to our species’ life support system and what…
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Yesterday, USDAW–the leading union for retail sector workers–ran a joint campaign day with the Labour Party and Co-operative Party, raising awareness of the epidemic of crime currently affecting our high streets and pressing for action. With almost 1,000 incidents taking place each day last year, it’s clear that shoplifting and the assault of shop workers…
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Today’s announcement by the Prime Minister forms part of a regular pattern we are seeing, with the Conservatives refusing to take any responsibility for the problems they have created in the country. Figures from the House of Commons library for reveal that there has been a rise of 550 people in Crawley needing to claim…
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With West Sussex County Council’s Highways, Transport and Planning Delivery Programme allocating just 24 road repair schemes to Crawley out of the 516 approved by the council over the last two years, Peter Lamb—Labour candidate for Crawley—is leading calls for the council to allocate the town its fair share of resurfacing schemes. At a time…
