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Over recent decades, the University of Brighton has grown its presence within Crawley, but now job cuts threaten the continued success of the university in the area. This morning I wrote to the vice chancellor to raise concerns over the proposed redundancies. Professor Debra Humphris OBEVice ChancellorUniversity of BrightonMithras HouseLewes RoadBrightonBN2 4A Sunday 17th September…
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From the publication of the Localism Act (2011) there has been general pressure from central government to make data held by local authorities more readily available. I think most people would generally accept that this is a good thing, even if the lack of context in the data resulted in headaches with its interpretation from…
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Today is the International Day of Democracy, a day to celebrate the principles of democracy and to reflect on the state of democracy around the world. While the evolving nature of the British constitution and the gradual expansion of the electoral franchise means that the exact point at which the UK became a democracy is…
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Since the publication of the Dearing Report in 1997, much of the debate around Higher Education has focused on whether tuition fees should form part of the funding for the sector or if taxation should cover the full costs of education. For those opposed to fees, the whole country benefits economically, socially and culturally by…
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By 2050, the UK needs to have hit Net Zero to meet our legal commitments, even if that’s far too late to avoid a much worse quality of life due to the impact of global heating. Now that seems like a long way off, but let’s bear in mind that 26 years and four months…
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A recent Labour Party freedom of information request sent to every NHS acute trust has revealed that record numbers of people are passing away having never received the treatment they were waiting for. However, only 35 out of 138 trusts responded, and Surrey and Sussex was not one of them. The data shows that around 121,000…
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Converting the electricity system over to carbon-free operation poses a huge challenge for the UK between now and 2050. It’s not simply a case of creating enough generating capacity to match the current maximum demand, that demand will be much greater with the switch from fossil fuels to more electrical means of providing both transport…
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This post deals with the topic of suicide, which some may find difficult. Please exercise discretion in reading further. Today is World Suicide Prevention Day and ‘prevention’ really is a the heart of the day. For the last 20 years, International Association for Suicide Prevention has been organising World Suicide Prevention Day to raise awareness…
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Since 2018, 999 Day has been recognised as a day to celebrate our emergency services and thank them for their dedicated service, in much the same way as we hold Armed Foced Day each year. In the case of both types of services, the fact that we are able to sleep peacefully in our beds…
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Last week the county council assured parents that ‘West Sussex County Council is aware of the RAAC issue and has already completed a review of records for maintained schools. No maintained schools have been identified from records as containing any indicating RAAC construction.’ Unfortunately, questions raised by Labour West Sussex county councillors reveal that detailed…
Peter Lamb for Crawley 