On Wednesday the Government announced plans to increase National Insurance contributions for those in work. The money is certainly needed, even before the pandemic the Government had cut public spending…

It’s with surprise I find myself now Crawley's second longest serving council leader, the longest serving of course being the late great Alf Pegler, whose serving I doubt will ever…

This Autumn, the UK is playing host to the UN’s 26th Conference on Climate Change. Earth is on fire, literally in some places, and we’re almost out of time to…

Councils are obliged house every local person who is 'unintentionally homeless'. To be clear, that's a legal definition, it doesn't just mean rough sleepers, in fact the numbers with a…

Governments can fund spending on services in a range of ways. They can raise taxes, sell assets, borrow, even print new money. Each approach has its own pros and cons…