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Crawley Question Time is back for another year – and this time you can ‘attend’ from the comfort of your own home. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s event will be virtual. It will be broadcast live on Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 16 March from 7-9pm. It will also be recorded and available to…
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Crawley Borough Council has appointed a new senior manager. Siraj Choudhury will take on the role of Head of Legal, Governance and HR from 29 March following a rigorous selection process, which included a virtual presentation and panel interviews with officers and councillors. As the council’s principal legal advisor and Monitoring Officer, Siraj will have…
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Crawley is now a year into the pandemic, yet with over 25,000 residents already vaccinated we can at last see light at the end of the tunnel. While I’m sure the prospect of returning to life as normal will come as great relief to us all, the reality is for many the struggle is far…
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As one of the economies hardest hit by the Government’s coronavirus restrictions, expectations were high that Crawley would receive significant new support in the Budget. Yet, instead of new support, the town faces millions of pounds cut from the Towns Deal funding already promised to Crawley voters before the last General Election. With almost 23,000…
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With almost 23,000 Crawley residents now unemployed or waiting on furlough and SEISS to see if they have a job to go back to, the Labour Leader of Crawley Borough Council has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer calling for a ‘Jobs-Focused Budget’ on Wednesday. Crawley’s economy has been hit harder by the Government’s…
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Crawley Borough Council’s budget for 2021/22 will protect frontline services and invest in more affordable housing. The budget, which was approved at a meeting of Full Council on Wednesday (24 February), will see the council spend £13.6m on council services – a reduction of £1.1m from last year. The council’s 2021/22 capital programme includes: £20.5m…
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Crawley Borough Council Leader, Cllr Peter Lamb (LAB), has today praised the NHS and all those involved in the vaccination roll out as new figures reveal so far 25,361 people have been vaccinated in Crawley. Commenting, Cllr Peter Lamb, said: “Crawley has faced an incredibly difficult year. We’ve lost friends and loved ones, been denied…
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Today has felt a very long time coming. It was in March of last year that it became clear the global pandemic would hit Crawley hard and while, rightly at the time, all action was focused on determining the best approach for getting the town through the first lockdown and the immediate challenges involved: Ensuring…
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Tonight, Crawley Borough Council will formally set its budget for the next 12 months. This budget is the first in Crawley’s history to have been produced entirely through joint-working, with Labour and the Conservatives working together to steer the town through the challenges created by COVID-19. Without a doubt it has been the hardest budget…
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Reductions in the amount that Crawley Borough Council gives to the voluntary and community sector will be tapered over two years following a government grant. The council’s finances have been hit hard by the economic impact of coronavirus so significant savings to mitigate the impact on the budget have been agreed. However, the government…
Peter Lamb for Crawley 