· Total Government support for local government and communities since the beginning of the pandemic is almost £27 billion.
· This includes direct support for local authorities, emergency funding to support rough sleepers, business rates relief, grants for small business and support for local transport systems.
· Local authorities have received an additional £3.8 billion to ensure they have the resources they need to respond to coronavirus (COVID-19) and deal with additional pressures on social care.
· Councils in West Sussex allocated total of £45 million to continue providing essential services and support to those who need it the most.

· Government is providing an additional £600 million to help reduce the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in care homes
· West Sussex set to receive £13,362,642 as part of this package
· Part of wider support for care home residents and staff, including protecting wages and access to PPE training

The fortitude and community spirit that the majority of people here in Crawley have shown over these last two months has been truly commendable. We hear heart-breaking news each day but the corner has been turned and thankfully the pandemic is claiming less victims each week. We’ve all played a part in limiting the transmission of the coronavirus and it’s still up to us to continue this, as we practice social distancing until such time that enough progress has been made to reduce this practice.

We have commissioned an independent investigation any concerns about prejudice and discrimination head-on. Because no matter your background, you should be able to feel you have a home within the Conservative Party.

It was good to see Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out a roadmap for how we tentatively start to get things moving again. Coming out of lockdown measures is of course incredibly complicated. There is simply no way that a switch can be flicked, and everything return to how it was, if we are to ensure that new Coronavirus infections are kept low, with the R rate kept below 1.

Henry Smith MP has questioned the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson (on Monday, 11th May), about the need for support for the Crawley and Gatwick aviation sector in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The Government is providing extra support for businesses who need it by extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Here's how.

Henry Smith MP has led calls from West Sussex Members of Parliament in a letter to the Prime Minister urging the Government to provide support for the aviation sector affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).

The Prime Minister's address to the nation tells the nation: stay alert, control the virus, save lives.

This week, our Prime Minister Boris Johnson, will set out a comprehensive plan on how our nation will continue to suppress the coronavirus, while re-starting the economy, getting our children back to school and making travel to work and the workplace safer. Thanks to our massive collective effort to shield the NHS, we’ve avoided an uncontrollable and catastrophic epidemic where the reasonable worst-case scenario was a frightening 500,000 deaths.