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Families in Crawley are facing the biggest fall in living standards since records began – as council tax, energy prices, broadband, phone and water bills are all set to rise this month. The average family will see a £1,840 fall in disposable income over the next two years – sucking £83.8m from the local economy. As…
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Analysis reveals that on average 25% of UK households experienced financial difficulty last year – and that’s even before energy prices went up in October. The figures, based on an analysis of the Bank of England’s household survey data from September 2021 to September 2022, also show how 1 in 10 households said they were…
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Labour has pledged to create Community and Victim Payback Boards (CVPBs) to strengthen community and victim involvement in community sentences, get tough on antisocial behaviour and stop more serious reoffending at source. The latest figures show that the number of hours of community payback hours completed by offenders as part of community sentences in the…
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The first election I was eligible to vote in was the 2005 General Election. While I have had many reasons to visit them over the years which have followed, either as a polling agent or a candidate, I honestly think this was the last time I voted at a polling station. Instead, for the last…
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Crawley has a proud sporting history, from producing England’s most successful manager to hosting the English Open. Yet, there is one sport which has played more of a role in the town’s history than any other. Today, Crawley is playing host to the British and World Marbles Championship, again. In fact the evenr has been…
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Incidences of flytipping in Crawley have grown from 1,006 in 2018/19 to 1,732 in 2021/22, the most recent year for which figures are available. While councils continue to use of fines to penalise flytippers while increasingly struggling to fund the street cleaning teams necessary to address the issue in their areas, incidences of flytipping across…
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With nominations now declared, seven candidates have been officially registered to run as ‘Labour and Co-operative’ in this May’s Crawley Borough Council elections – the highest number in Crawley’s history and one of a record number running across the country at this year’s local elections. Crawley’s Labour and Co-operative candidates are: Dipesh Patel in Furnace…
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New analysis from Crawley Labour reveals Labour’s Council Tax Freeze would save households in Crawley £3,434,146 this year. The average household would save £75. While Crawley Borough Council is responsible for collecting council tax in Crawley on behalf of all local authorities in the area, 77.8% of the revenue goes to West Sussex County Council,…
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For many years now, health researchers have been highlighting the impact of road noise on people’s physical and mental health, with heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes listed amongst the many conditions linked to high levels of exposure. Governments are aware of this and over time regulations have been introduced to try to reduce the or…
