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In advance of the Government’s Spending Review, I have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in support of Crisis’s campaign to see the current Local Housing Allowance raised. Sounds boring? Maybe, but it is one of the biggest changes which the Government could make to address homelessness in the UK right now. The…
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‘I warn you not to be young. I warn you not to fall ill. And I warn you not to grow old’. Over 36 years ago, these words highlighted those who would be hit hardest when a Government allows public services to crumble. Yet, here we are, in a new century, and they could just…
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Following the Government’s decision to allow rail companies to again increase ticket prices above inflation next year, Cllr Peter Lamb—Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Crawley—has called for an end to the ‘Rail Rip-Off’ which has seen fares soar by 40% in a decade. The price of a season ticket between Three Bridges and central London has…
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I can understand why people get sick and tired of hearing about Brexit. Three years on from the referendum, the issue just drags on-and-on, providing an endless source of arguments on the news and in our day-to-day lives. Yet, it’s not something which can just go away, the consequences of bailing out without a deal–by…
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How many times have we been told ‘there is no magic money tree’? It has been used to explain why we can’t have decent public services, why those with disabilities must go without support for their extra living costs, why the age of retirement keeps being pushed back, and above all why people shouldn’t vote…
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Cllr Peter Lamb, Leader of Crawley Borough Council, has joined with other Labour Leaders from across England and Wales to call on Boris Johnson, the new Prime Minister, to end cuts to local government. Tory cuts mean councils have lost 60p out of every £1 that the last Labour Government was spending on local government…
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Crawley Borough Council Leader and Labour Parliamentary candidate, Cllr Peter Lamb, has called out Crawley MP Henry Smith over his failure to vote to enable access to abortion and same sex marriage in Northern Ireland. Last week the House of Commons passed an historic measure, providing women in Northern Ireland with the right to access…
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Friday 26th July 2019 The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA Dear Mr Johnson, Firstly, congratulations on your recent appointment as Prime Minister, after so many years seeking the role it must come as something of a relief to have finally made it. I…
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Imagine if over the last nine years you’d seen your family’s income drop by half, while the Government placed more and more financial obligations on you. Would you have confidence the things you could afford were going to be of the same standard as the things you bought nine years ago? It is too easy…
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With Crawley’s first all-out elections in fifteen years over, and all the bureaucracy involved in starting a new council year complete, it’s a relief to again be able to focus solely on the challenges facing our town. The Government has taken the last of Crawley’s grant and I’m determined to avoid cuts, which means trying…
