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New analysis from Crawley Labour reveals the staggering hit to renters across the town over the last two years, as the cost of living crisis continues to deepen for families throughout Britain. The average rise in rents over the last two years is £207 – hitting Crawley’s 8,312 renters to the tune of £20,647. At…
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The King’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament is the Government’s official opportunity to set out all the laws that they intend to pass over the next 12 months. Although talk of a May election appears to have been killed off by the Conservatives’ disastrous Annual Conference with 31st October 2024 now the most…
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325 people were forced to attend A&E at Surrey & Sussex NHS Trust last year due to dental decay, as patients across the country find it impossible to get an appointment with an NHS dentist when they need one. At Surrey & Sussex in 2022/23, 245 patients were seen in A&E with a dental abscess, caused by tooth…
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As I wrote in the wake of Hamas’s attack on Israel, the consequence of the terror would ultimately be a loss of both Palestinian and Israeli blood, and tragically every day which has passed since has proven this true. No country on the planet would fail to act in response to the loss of hundreds…
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Figures released by Labour today show that 41,940 calls were made to South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust regarding people experiencing mental health emergencies in 2021/22. In the last decade, the Government have cut a quarter of mental health beds across the country, leading to thousands of local people being stuck on waiting lists for treatment. Often,…
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I have been criticised previously for being slow to comment on natural disasters and acts of wanton criminality, both in Crawley and further afield. Sometimes this delay has been due to the fact that while the police were still dealing with a local incident it was important not to say anything which might interfere with…
Peter Lamb for Crawley 