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New analysis – based on IFS research – from Crawley Labour reveals the huge impact of the Tory Mortgage Penalty. One in five adults are set to spend at least a fifth of their family income on their mortgage if rates remain at present levels. 1.4million are set to lose a fifth of their disposable…
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Amongst the various data apps Tom Forth periodically posts to Twitter was a tool for measuring the size of population within a circle around a point https://tomforth.co.uk/circlepopulations/. So, at 5km around Crawley we essentially have the Census count for the town. At 20km we cover the Gatwick Diamond of Reigate in the North, Burgess Hill…
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The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MPSecretary of State for Business and TradeDepartment for Business and TradeOld Admiralty BuildingAdmiralty PlaceSW1A 2DY Tuesday 29th August 2023 Dear Secretary of State, Following the news last week that hundreds of Wilko stores are likely to close, including the store serving my own community of Crawley, I am writing to…
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While the history of Crawley has mostly been driven by it being a convenient stopping place half-way between London and the South coast, like any town of its age Crawley has played an important role in providing a venue for markets over the years. The first mention of a market in Crawley comes from 1203,…
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Data sourced by the Labour Party through Freedom of Information requests has revealed patients at Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust are facing long waits for cancer care, showing that: Patients are waiting up to 94 days to see a cancer specialist after their GP has urgently referred them to hospital. Patients face waits of up…
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Over the last week, a number of people have expressed their concerns over the proposed closure of ticket offices in Crawley and across England. I share those concerns and have written to the Secretary of State to ask that he intervene to avoid yet another reduction in passenger facilities. The Rt Hon Mark HarperSecretary of…
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Today, is Armed Forces Day and across the UK, people have been taking the time to show their tanks to veterans and those currently serving in uniform. Throughout the morning and early afternoon we have had events and stalls in the Memorial Gardens marking the day. Over the last seven years, our region has contributed…
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Were the General Election held yesterday, Crawley would now be a Labour constituency. Across Crawley, voters delivered record majorities in safe Labour seats, with the Conservatives retaining just four seats, most by their narrowest of margins in decades. Had fewer people voted Green in Three Bridges or Pound Hill South & Worth, those seats would…
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Today a third of the seats on Crawley Borough Council are up for election. The borough council run around half of local services in Crawley, with the others being the responsibility of West Sussex County Council. In addition to running a number of important services, the borough council gets to set part of Crawley’s council…
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You will be relieved to know that tomorrow is Election Day, meaning that we all get a well-deserved break from all the leaflets, door-knocks, news coverage, and endless social media content, before the much bigger ramp up to next year’s General Election. Hopefully everyone now knows they will need to show valid photo ID when…
