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Crawley Borough Council is urging residents to sign up for Direct Debit to receive their £150 payment towards their energy bills as quickly as possible. Last week the government announced that a payment of £150 will be made in April to Council Tax paying residents in properties in bands A to D to help with…
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Crawley Borough Councillors will be asked to agree an additional discretionary £150 Council Tax discount for vulnerable working age residents at the Full Council meeting on 23 February. Last year, the government provided councils with Council Tax Hardship Funding, which was intended to give each working age household claiming Council Tax Reduction up to an…
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For over two years, local government has been stagnating as the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper was repeatedly pushed back, only to be rushed out last week as part of the effort to distract the nation from the chaos in 10 Downing Street. Despite Conservatives claiming these delays were necessary to ensure their leading policy…
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As Crawley Borough Council prepares to set its council tax rate for the coming council year, new analysis released by Crawley Labour reveals that the Conservatives’ staggering £4.3bn fraud write-off, could have funded Crawley Borough Council for over three centuries. The news comes just days after the Treasury minister responsible for countering fraud resigned in…
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This evening, Cabinet will be meeting to agree the draft 2022/23 budget we will be sending to Full Council for approval in three weeks’ time. I’m pleased to confirm that in a return to form, the draft budget delivers long-term financial sustainability without requiring cuts, the same as every budget passed in my time as…
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Residents can now save time, money and paper by signing up for electronic billing from Crawley Borough Council. Receiving your bills via email is faster and saves on printing and postage costs. It also reduces the use of paper and envelopes. You can register for eBilling for several council services, including Council Tax, Business Rates,…
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Crawley has made a bid to host a leg of the Commonwealth Games’ Queen’s Baton Relay in July. The relay is currently on its 294-day, 72 nation and territory, 90,000-mile journey through Commonwealth countries around the globe. It began on 7 October 2021 when The Queen placed her Message to the Commonwealth inside the relay…
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Crawley Borough Council’s proposed 2022/23 budget is set to be debated by the Cabinet on Wednesday 2 February, with a recommendation made to Full Council on 23 February. Despite challenging financial conditions, the budget is balanced, protects frontline services, sees continuing investment in the town, delivers more council housing for local residents and provides a…
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From Conservative MPs’ attempts to protect Owen Paterson from corruption allegations, to apparently regular law breaking at Number 10 throughout the pandemic, to new revelations of ministers being fired just for being Muslim, our Government appears to be stuck in permanent crisis. Even in ordinary times this would be a huge problem, but at a…
Peter Lamb for Crawley 