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This month, Crawley Borough Council will be setting its budget for the next council year, including agreeing what the borough’s part of your council tax will be. It’s currently proposed that Crawley BC’s share will go up by a total of £4.95, an increase of 2.37%, to help close the roughly £2.4m budget gap COVID-19…
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Hope is incredibly important. It’s vital for getting us through our current challenges and the work of rebuilding our local economy post-COVID. Be in no doubt, Crawley’s best days are yet to come. So, while I make no apology for raising attention to problems which the council lacks the powers to resolve on our own,…
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The Leader of Crawley Borough Council, Cllr Peter Lamb, is supporting National Apprenticeship Week, recognising the enormous contribution made by apprentices and their employers in Crawley. Apprenticeships provide people with the chance to learn a trade and earn a wage whilst they progress. Investing in training opportunities will be central to rebuilding our economy after…
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Coast to Capital submits bid for Freeport status at Manor Royal, aiming to directly drive recovery in Crawley and support the Government’s plans to boost the post-Brexit economy. Proposals submitted to Government today would create a new Freeport at Gatwick Airport and the Manor Royal Business District, known as the ‘Gatwick Freeport’. Manor Royal already…
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Throughout the correspondence I have had with the Government since it became clear Crawley’s economy would be one of the hardest hit in the UK by coronavirus restrictions, one issue kept coming up: the Town Deal. The Summer before the last General Election the Government promised 100 towns, mostly marginal constituencies, up to £25m for…
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We’re all in this together. That’s more than a nice sentiment. In our hyper-connected modern world, what we do impacts upon one another, never more so than in a pandemic. How we each choose to approach COVID-19 doesn’t simply affect us, it affects our whole community, and through them the world. Truly, none of us…
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I had intended to write this week about the steps the Government needs to take to help schools and parents ensure every child receives a decent education through the lockdown, but that will need to wait for another column. On Tuesday, many of us lost a friend and the town lost a dedicated servant. Cllr…
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Businesses that have had to close due to the current lockdown can now apply for new government grants. This latest grants are called ‘Local Restriction Support Grant (Closed) Addendum: 5 January onwards’ (LRSG) and Closed Businesses Lockdown Payment (CBLP). The grants cover the six-week period of lockdown from 5 January until 15 February. Both grants…
Peter Lamb for Crawley 