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Today is International Holocaust Memorial Day, as designated by United Nations resolution, the date chosen to recall the liberation of Auschwitz on the 27th January 1945. Astoundingly, that resolution was only passed in 2005, a full sixty years years after Auschwitz and there are those who question why a specific day of remembrance was needed…
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6,267 young children in Crawley haven’t had a birthday party in almost three years due to the lockdown restrictions, yet the man responsible for setting those rules has partied away at Downing Street. Figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal that 6,267 children aged 11 or under in Crawley haven’t had the chance to…
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One of the worst parts of a council leader’s job is having to write off business rates debt. Although almost none of rates collected in Crawley stays here, it’s all money which should be going to pay for services. Yet, in every case this is debt we have pursued as far as the legal system…
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Wednesday 19th January 2022 Henry Smith MPMember of Parliament for CrawleyHouse of CommonsLondonSW1A 0AA Dear Henry, It is now clear that regardless of the outcome of Sue Gray’s investigation, Boris Johnson has lost the confidence of the vast majority of the British public. It a central principle of any liberal democracy that the law applies…
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Businesses that were previously ineligible for COVID-19 financial support can now apply for reduced business rates. Crawley Borough Council has been provided with additional funding by the government to help Crawley businesses apply for reduced business rates for the current financial year that have lost income due to the COVID-19 pandemic but are ineligible for…
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Crawley Borough Council has been provided with additional funding by the government to make discretionary payments to support other businesses that may have been severely impacted by the Omicron variant. Crawley businesses who meet the relevant criteria can apply for an Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) of up to £3,000. In order to qualify, businesses must…
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The 2015 General Election seems a long time ago now, David Cameron promising to provide stability and strong Government, the Conservatives claiming that Ed Miliband would deliver chaos, and Labour referring to the ‘cost of living crisis’ so much that it became a joke in the press. I guess we’ll never know how Ed Miliband’s…
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Sunday marks the 75th Anniversary of Crawley’s designation as a New Town. At that time, the area consisted of a few small villages, several large country estates, and plenty of farms, the memory of which are preserved today in the names of many of the town’s roads and buildings. Crawley had been intended to be…
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For every four council properties we build in Crawley, we know we will lose three to Right-to-Buy by the time they are built. Increasing the overall supply of new affordable housing has been Labour’s number one priority in Crawley over the seven years since we regained control of the council, but despite being one of…
Peter Lamb for Crawley 