Henry Smith MP has spoken out against the historical underfunding of local schools in a Westminster Hall debate on school funding (Monday, 4th February) and has called on the Department for Education to do more to ensure the concerns highlighted by local parents and teachers are better addressed.

Henry Smith MP has welcomed figures released which show that in the south east of England, there are 4.6 million people in work – meaning over 408,000 more people have the security of a job since 2010.

Last week was potentially the start of a major realignment of our party politics. Time will tell, but we may be seeing a tectonic shift. A healthy democracy needs viable alternatives that can govern effectively and a politics where everyone in society feels there is a credible and respectable voice for them.

Henry Smith MP has welcomed the news that significant progress has been made in discussions between the Government, representatives from the rail industry and football authorities on achieving a fairer deal for football fans when matches are rapidly rescheduled.

Protests over Climate Change have been in the news recently. What gets less media coverage is the Conservative Government’s strong record in reducing the UK’s CO2 emissions and their very green environmental agenda.

Henry Smith MP has spoken out against the uncertainty and democratic damage of Brexit not being delivered and in Parliament last week called for the instruction given by the people of Crawley and the UK to leave the EU not to be delayed beyond 29th March 2019.

Henry Smith MP has questioned Theresa May at Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons (on Wednesday, 13th February), seeking assurances over the UK’s exit from the European Union on 29th March 2019.

Henry Smith MP has welcomed new figures showing that more than 48,000 people in Crawley are now enrolled in a workplace pension.

The Government’s recent Rough Sleeping Strategy actively plans to halve the rates of rough sleeping by 2022 and to eliminate all rough sleeping completely by 2027. The implementation of the Strategy is to address the causes of rough sleeping in order to prevent it from happening in the first place, and to help get people who are sleeping rough into accommodation. Additional funding is being made to local Councils to intervene sooner in homelessness cases, such as Crawley Borough Council, who are the statutory authority in Crawley for homelessness.

Following meeting with James Brokenshire, Secretary of State for Communities, Crawley MP Henry Smith has welcomed new Government investment to help West Sussex support rough sleepers into safe and stable accommodation where they can rebuild their lives.