Last week, Crawley Borough Council set its budget strategy for the coming year. The new strategy builds upon the one employed over the past year and remains true to the…

Two major announcements for local government came out of conference season, both from Conservative Conference. The most reported part of the Chancellor’s speech was that business rates would in future…

Local government is responsible for almost a quarter of public spending, so it’s not surprising councils have seen significant cuts under the Government’s austerity agenda. Yet, while Cameron praised councils…

One of local government’s main responsibilities is planning, be that ruling on individual applications–such as for an extension—or strategically planning how towns and communities will evolve over coming decades. Planning…

When Labour last ran the council we built up over £100m in reserves, through proper investment this enabled Crawley to finance services most towns could only dream of. Regaining control…

On 27th February 1900, 129 delegates met in a hall on Farringdon Street. They represented organisations from the Social Democratic Federation on the far Left to several Liberal MPs on…