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My attention was recently drawn to a new data release by the House of Commons Library on ‘fuel poverty’. The first thing to note is that fuel poverty in this case is not actually directly about a household’s ability to afford their energy bill, but rather a house’s energy rating, the lower the energy rating…
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25 children aged under 11 in Crawley were admitted to hospital for tooth extraction last year, government figures show. People are finding it increasingly difficult to get an NHS dentist, as 12 years of Tory mismanagement of the health service is seeing dentists quitting in droves. 2,000 dentists quit the NHS last year, around 10%…
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Shocking figures show that on average, Thames Water discharged raw sewage every 48 minutes and Southern Water every 43 minutes, devastating the ecology of our local rivers Analysis of Environment Agency figures obtained under Freedom of Information requests by the Labour Party, shows that since 2018, Thames Water has pumped raw sewage into our area’s…
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I know that many local residents have been shocked by the human impact Turkey-Syria Earthquake, a disaster which has so far cost an identified 11,000 lives with tens of thousands of further bodies likely still to be found in the rubble. Across our community, people have been racing to respond, knowing that international aid will…
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Continuing the theme of National Apprenticeships Week, Labour has set out pans for boosting skills and drive economic growth across the UK, including right here in Crawley. Data reveals that the Tories’ decade of decline in apprenticeships and training has left the country unprepared for the future, with apprenticeship starts over the last decade declining…
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Today marks the start of this year’s National Apprenticeship Week, a celebration of apprenticeships designed to highlight and raise awareness of the huge contributions made by apprentices and their employers and across the country and, hopefully, encouraging more young people to give them a go. When the New Town was first build and for a…
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Families across Crawley are set to feel much poorer over the next two years as the Conservatives’ decisions continue to fail to either arrest the rising cost of living or help families to survive the crisis. Now research indicates that the average household is set to lose a further £1,700 in disposable income over the…
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Labour analysis reveals that the average household in Crawley is set to be put under more pressure than ever by Conservative mismanagement of the economy. Analysis from the Labour Party allows people to search the amount that mortgages are predicted to rise, including by £3,160 in Crawley. It follows the Bank of England warning in December that around…
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New analysis reveals that across our local ambulance service, 3,450 patients with emergency conditions had to wait 1 hour 37 minutes for an ambulance in December. The target is 18 minutes. The average response time in the South East Coast Ambulance Service area for so-called ‘Category 2 ambulance calls’ was a staggering 46 minutes, while…
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Data from the NHS has shown that more people are waiting a month for a GP appointment than at any time since when records began in 2017. 4,124 people in Crawley faced a wait of 28 days or more to see a GP in October alone. A further 9,914 people had to wait more than two weeks. At the same time…
Peter Lamb for Crawley 