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Over the last week there’s been considerable discussion about police numbers in Crawley and whether we have enough to tackle the wave of drugs and violence we’re facing on our streets. The trigger for this debate was a remark I made following the latest stabbing and the need to bring an end to the decline…
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Crawley Borough Council has successfully recovered a property in Three Bridges after discovering that it was being used by the tenant to run a car parts and accessories business. The investigation was initially launched by the council’s Fraud Investigation Team who received an anonymous tip off, alleging that the tenant was not residing at the…
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Crawley council is giving its backing to a Unite Construction Charter that seeks to ensure that conditions for workers on construction projects under local authority control in Crawley meet the highest standards. Peter Lamb, leader of the council has committed to back the charter and has included the commitment in the Labour council’s manifesto. The…
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No one should fault the hard-work and dedication of our police officers, they on a daily basis put themselves in jeopardy to try to keep us safe from harm. Yet, while we applaud the efforts of individual officers, we must confront the clear reality that Sussex Police are no longer able to deal with the…
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There has been lots of discussion this week about Labour’s ‘Build it in Britain’ policy. The basic idea being that when large amounts of taxpayer money are being spent on infrastructure or goods, the Government should try to spend the money in a way which promotes British industry. The amounts of money we are talking…
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Over the Summer, John Howarth, Labour Member of the European Parliament for the South East, is hosting a series of guest blogs on his website looking into some of the lesser known implications of Brexit where we live. As Labour Leader on Crawley BC, I was asked to write about what Brexit means for the…
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Democracy about the day-to-day, not just an occasional election. Yet, while in Athens the small number of citizens could participate in every debate, in modern times population size and the complexity of issues force us to rely upon elected representatives to plead our case between elections. Manifestos can set out the bulk of what candidates…
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Earlier this week I had the pleasure of showing the Greater Brighton Economic Board around our town. The board is made up of a combination of local authorities, education providers, economic groups and businesses covering our region and has responsibility for growing the economy in our part of the South East, with its own council-like…
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We can save Thomas Bennett. Yes, the funding situation is bad, but that’s true of every Crawley school. Yes, PFI makes things even tougher, but Thomas Bennett isn’t the only school to have been rebuilt under PFI. Yet, Thomas Bennett is alone in the scale of the cuts currently proposed, something only mismanagement by its…
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A man who was filmed fly-tipping near where he lived has been successfully prosecuted by Crawley Borough Council. Peter Harpham, of Waterside Close, Bewbush pleaded guilty to an offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 at Crawley Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (11 July). In April 2017, the council received an anonymous tip-off that a man…
Peter Lamb for Crawley 