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Today marks three years since the start of the first lockdown. Even after all this time, it still feels hard to process quite what we all went through together. Perhaps, the fact that there was never a clear ending, that waves of infection are continuing to circle the globe, and that we will never be…
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New analysis from Crawley Labour following the budget – building on research from the Resolution Foundation – reveals the staggering tax burden facing families in Crawley. Taxes are set to hit a 70 year high – up to almost 38% of GDP by 2027/28. Each household faces paying an additional £4,200 in tax. Across Crawley…
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A few weeks back, Labour unveiled our ‘5 Missions for a Better Britain’, the first of which being the highest sustained growth in the G7. To say that’s ambitious is a massive understatement, the UK has seen next to no growth for 15 years now and has very rarely topped the table. With the current…
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Cllr Peter Lamb, who stepped down as the Leader of Crawley Borough Council last May, has announced that he is seeking the Labour nomination to run for Parliament in Crawley. Cllr Lamb, who contested the seat for Labour at the 2019 General Election, led the Labour Group on the council from 2012 till 2022, when…
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Astronomical spring, determined by when the Earth hits a 23.5° tilt on the rotational axis of its orbit around the Sun, starts today. Of course, our perception of spring is based upon the temperature cycle of where we live and whether it ‘feels’ like spring rather than such precise planetary measurements. It certainly seems much…
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We live in very challenging times, an era when many long-running issues are coming to a head and at times it can seem difficult to know exactly what an incoming Labour Government should prioritise. For those of us on district-tier authorities, homelessness is by far the most pressing issue we face. The combination of increasing…
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Anyone who has ever looked at a map of Crawley overlaid with any socio-economic data is likely to have noticed that a division appears to exist between the eastern and western parts of the town (something I said I would come back to in an earlier post). While some datasets produce fuzzier boundaries than others,…
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While councils by their nature are designed to work at the very local level, inevitably the decisions taken by central government affect our ability to deliver. As a single organisation our voice doesn’t carry much weight, so over the years councils have formed various organisations together to try to increase our lobbying impact, the most…
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In 1572, the Ridolfi Plot to marry Mary Queen of Scots to the Duke of Norfolk and overthrow Elizabeth I was quashed, Spanish Conquistadors finished conquering the last part of the Incan Empire and the first ever book dedicated to dermatology was written. Imagine all that has happened in the almost half a millennium which…
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New data from the NHS reveals that 2,185 people in Crawley have faced a wait of 28 days or more to see a GP last month, as Labour calls on Jeremy Hunt to adopt its plan to double medical school places and train 10,000 more nurses and midwives in his Budget. A further 7,055 people…
