For decades governments have failed to tackle the UK’s housing shortage. While longer life spans, reductions household sizes and employment shifts have resulted in increasing demand for housing, housebuilding is…

Last Thursday a number of by-elections took place across the county, including one in Crawley. While eyes were focused on contests further north, locally Labour won Southgate with a 9%…

Party conference season concludes this week with Liberal Democrat Conference. Last week saw Conservative Conference open Ukip defections and conclude with billions of pounds of unfunded commitments. Contrast that with…

The NHS is facing challenging times. While the organisation hasn’t endured the scale of cuts other parts of the public sector have had to go through, four years of budget…

Labour Party Conference has been in Manchester this week, setting out the stall for next year’s General Election. As I write, only the first announcements of the conference have been…

It’s been 10 years since I was last responsible for Leisure and Cultural Services and looking at Tilgate Park a lot has happened since my time, but much still remains…