-
This evening, Crawley Council’s Cabinet will set the budget we’ll be sending to Full Council for members to agree later in the month. I’ve often written about the unfair way the Government has cut the amount councils and the police get from Income Tax–where those who earn more pay more–and have demanded that we increase…
-
Local Labour Party Continues Call For The Beleaguered School To Return To Public Hands Last week, Tilgate’s struggling academy school Thomas Bennett Community College was officially marked down by the Department for Education as one of 382 secondary schools failing to meet the government’s minimum standard. Mismanagement and repeated cuts handed down by The Kemnal…
-
Around the year, whatever the weather, I’m out every weekend with other Labour councillors in Crawley asking residents what matters to them and what the issues are in their area. Most of the time people say they have nothing to raise with us, but sometimes people do highlight ways we can help their family and…
-
Despite over 200 responses and protests from both local councils, Post Office Ltd have decided to close the Crown Post Office and franchise some of the services out to WH Smith in County Mall. Be in no doubt, this will drastically reduce access for those with disabilities, amongst other groups of users, and mean…
-
Is there any end to the chaos? Another week goes by and control slips further from Theresa May’s grasp, and the country is left wondering when we will again have a Government focused on the real challenges people face every day. When will we have a Government ready to give us the police we need…
-
Crawley Borough Council has become one of the founding members of the Local Government Mutual, helping to save money every year. The mutual aims to save its members money by offering an effective alternative to the conventional insurance products and services available to local authorities. Any surpluses the mutual generates may be used to reduce…
-
Despite the ongoing chaos on the national level, with our country left with a Conservative Government which is in office but out of control, I will resist the temptation to again raise Brexit and its potential implications for Crawley, and instead discuss something which really got to me this week. For years, young people have…
-
Another month goes by and Crawley sees another major crime take place in the heart of our community. I’m sick of it and I know most residents feel the same as I do, we shouldn’t be forced to put up with crime on our streets. I regularly have residents writing to me about things they’ve…
-
2018 was a year of great uncertainty, a year we may well be pleased to see the back of. Unfortunately, for those hoping 2019 will mark a return to normality, the country’s failure to resolve the big issues of the past year means that next year is unlikely to be much better. The biggest issue…
-
Crawley Labour activists kicked-off 2019 by raising awareness of another rail fare hike at Three Bridges this morning, joined by Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Margaret Greenwood MP. Under the Conservatives, the cost of getting to work has risen by 36%, vastly out pacing family incomes. As a commuter myself, I know first-hand that…
