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Crawley will apply for city status – on the 75th anniversary of the new town – and the council wants to hear what you love and makes you proud about the town. Crawley Borough Councillors have agreed to enter the Civic Honours competition, part of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, at a meeting last night…
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In our society we internalise from our school days the belief that democracy is important. Yet, how often do we really ask ‘why’ democracy is important and not just a chance outcome of our history and culture. In a land without any other rules, the rules of nature dictate how we live our lives. The…
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A Crawley Borough Council housing development has been named after Royal Marine Scott Summers from Crawley, who died in action in Afghanistan in 2007 aged just 23. The affordable rent housing development, which consists of six maisonettes and three flats, has been named Scott Summers Court. Located on Woolborough Road and Cobbles Crescent on the…
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Like many people, I have a quiet moan to myself when I notice the first Christmas decorations going up well before December. It’s not that I dislike Christmas, far from it, but it does feel as though the ‘most wonderful time of the year’ loses something when it occupies an increasingly large part of the…
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Crawley Borough Council is exploring the possibility of applying for city status on the 75th anniversary of becoming a new town. Councillors will discuss whether to enter the Civic Honours competition, which is part of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, at a meeting on Wednesday 20 October. The Civic Honours competition, which is free to…
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‘Planning’ is in the news again this week, with debate over what the Government will do now they appeared to have dropped their ‘Developers Charter’ proposals which would have seen power snatched from communities and handed over to developers. While not the most interesting topic on paper, in practice planning is one of the most…
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It seems with every passing week now the UK is faced with a new crisis. Last week it was the extraordinary hike in energy costs, this week it’s accessing fuel, next week who knows? Whatever the challenges brought of the pandemic, the problems now facing Britain cannot be found to anywhere near the same extent…
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Thousands of workers across the country are facing a cliff-edge when furlough ends in three days’ time – despite the fact the government promised a sector support deal more than 18 months ago. Figures show 77,000 workers in the South East region are employed in the aviation sector (directly and supply chain), large numbers of…
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Rising energy costs, a National Insurance tax hike, a £20 per week cut for struggling families, and shortages on supermarket shelves are just the latest in the long series of problems inflicted upon the country through decisions of a Government prioritising a ‘culture war’ over the real need and issues facing households in Britain. None…
Peter Lamb for Crawley 