Looking forward in 2015
The biggest challenge for 2015 will be how the Council deals with the massive cuts to its budgets that have been forced on it by the Tory led government. It is a truly horrendous situation. Having just managed to deal with £87m cuts over the last four years we are now faced with another £96m […]
Merry Christmas! A review of 2014
What a year 2014 has been. As I look back at all that has happened I can’t believe it has only been a year. It has been a year of triumph and terrible sadness. The terrible loss of Alice Gross this autumn affected the whole borough but we were uplifted by the way the local […]
Hanwell Station to get lift access
Ealing Labour can confirm that after a long campaign there will now be lift access provided by Transport for London at Hanwell station ahead of Crossrail opening in 2019. These works will be added to the improvements already on-going at the station, including the re-opening of the southern entrance, promised by Labour in the […]
Ealing Labour Leader condemns misleading NHS literature
Ealing’s Labour Leader has called for the NHS to withdraw a misleading leaflet which incorrectly identifies the nearest hospital for thousands of Ealing residents. The leaflet tells local residents that Central Middlesex A&E is due to close on September 10th and where they should go in an emergency after that date It will be distributed […]
Ealing Labour calls on the Tories to scrap hospital closures after poor inspection results
Ealing Labour is calling on the Tory-led Government to immediately halt its plans to close the A&E department at Central Middlesex Hospital after the chief inspector of hospitals found the alternative A&E service at Northwick Park Hospital to be in need of improvement. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) found the A&E service at Central Middlesex […]
50,000 Ealing patients wait over a week to see GP under David Cameron
50,000 patients in Ealing waited seven days or longer to see a GP the last time they tried, an official NHS survey has found. 15% of local patients faced a wait of a week or more when they phoned for an appointment in the last year. Labour has pledged to invest £100 million in GP surgeries – saved by scrapping David […]
Labour’s South Acton Councillors’ Update – July 2014
Welcome to the latest update on what your local South Acton councillors have been up to in the past month, we’ve all been busy with meetings (full council, cabinet and scrutiny) as well as being out and about in Acton. Carnival Spirit The month started with the annual Acton carnival on Saturday 5 July, once […]
Dr Rupa Huq criticises local Tory MP as leading charity labels Ealing “housing blackspot”
New research from the charity Shelter has called Ealing a ‘housing blackspot’, calculating it would be impossible for an average working family to afford to buy their first home in the area. Dr Rupa Huq – Labour’s candidate to be next MP for Ealing Central and Acton -; responded by calling the situation a disaster […]
Dr Rupa Huq; “local election result parks Labour tanks on Tory lawn”
Dr Rupa Huq, Labour’s candidate for Ealing Central and Acton, welcomed the constituency’s twelve winning councillors to their first meeting at Ealing Town Hall on Tuesday evening. Labour retained all nine of its previously held Acton seats but it also gained a significant win in central Ealing’s Walpole ward taking all three seats from the […]
Ealing Tories’ £101m black hole
There is a £101m in black hole in Tories’ plans for the Borough. In their manifesto, that has finally been published after the Tories attempted to hide it, the Tories have stated that they expect to receive £41m from additional business rates income to cover the cost of expensive promises they are making. They have […]