The biggest issue by far at the moment that local people are raising with me is Brexit. This week on Friday 29th March was supposed to be the day we left the EU and entered the transition phase. The antics of Westminster MPs have delayed this until April or May, but there is a risk of a longer delay and with that comes even more uncertainty for our economy.

Henry Smith MP has welcomed £19,574.53 from the Government to clean up Crawley High Street, part of a wider package across England of almost £10 million to improve local town centres.

Henry Smith MP has hailed the UK’s public finances as reaching a turning point following the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Spring Statement, with the independent economic outlook showing a solid foundation on which to build Britain’s economic future.

This coming Saturday will be High Street Saturday, which is a new campaign day that aims to celebrate our town centres and high streets. As part of the day, people are encouraged to pledge to shop locally, share photos and messages online using #HighStreetSaturday, and to encourage local councils like Crawley to make good use of the Future High Street Fund. This is a fund that is provided by the Government to help make high streets and town centres fit for the future.

Henry Smith MP has welcomed the news that a good cause in Crawley has received funding from players of the People’s Postcode Lottery.

Henry Smith MP has encouraged people in Crawley to join him in showing their support for the high street by shopping locally for High Street Saturday on 16th March.

Crawley MP Henry Smith and actor Stephen Mangan have joined forces this March to help Marie Curie provide care and support to more people living with a terminal illness.

New figures show that the south east of England exported £46,820 million worth of goods in 2018. This is an increase of £7,779 million since 2015; a rise of 19.9 per cent.

More than 170 families in Crawley have been able to realise their dream of home ownership thanks to the Government’s right to buy schemes, according to new figures.

For many years, I’ve seen political ping-pong at both national and local level, but often the full facts are not being disclosed when politics is spun. For example, last week we had a press release issued by Crawley’s Labour council where the Cabinet Member for Housing was taking credit for a 1% annual rent reduction for our council tenants.