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Tomorrow (Thursday 6th May) is Election Day and thanks to COVID-19, it is going to be rather unusual. Due to last years’ elections being postponed we now have a number of council elections all at once. So, when you go to vote you will be voting on who will represent you on Crawley Borough Council,…
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Over recent weeks a number of new questions have arisen regarding the proposed West of Ifield development, what is driving it, and what options are available for preventing or amending the proposals. There are also many outstanding issues, the answers to which are central to any attempt to effectively avoid 10,000 units being built on…
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Today is a national day of action against the use of ‘fire and rehire’, the controversial practice by which employers force employees to re-apply for their current jobs on poorer terms and conditions or face being made redundant. So far the Government has refused to act to ban this practice, and that’s what today’s day…
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Yesterday was the first ‘National Day of Reflection’. A chance, a year on from the first lockdown, to reflect upon what has happened and those we have lost. In the last twelve months, COVID-19 has killed roughly three times more people in the UK than those who died during the Blitz. While some never miss…
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The frame of the nine-storey building housing the new Town Hall and grade A commercial offices has been completed. The landmark building, which is currently on-schedule for completion at the end of this year, has recently reached its full height. The wider regeneration scheme, located at the eastern end of The Boulevard in Crawley town…
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Dear Mr Rees-Mogg, Extension of local authority remote meeting arrangements Last January, Crawley lost one of its councillors to COVID-19 and even with the progress of the vaccination programme we have members for whom the coronavirus continues to pose a deadly risk. I am asking for your help to ensure that no member of Crawley…
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Under the Conservatives, nurses’ pay has fallen 15%. Even before the pandemic, nurses being forced to rely upon foodbanks was a national scandal, but the Government’s decision to again give them a real-terms pay cut is deeply insulting when they’ve just been through hell to beat COVID-19. The financial cost of the pandemic is huge…
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The panel for the first ever virtual Crawley Question Time has been announced. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s event will be broadcast live on Microsoft Teams on Tuesday (16 March) from 7-9pm. It will also be recorded and available to view on YouTube the following day. This year’s panel will be: Councillor Peter…
