Ealing Labour get tough on spitters
Ealing‘s Labour council have launched a new campaign to get tough on people who spit in the street this week. The council will work closely with the police and will issue spitters in Southall with on the spot fines. The campaign will be rolled out across the borough soon. The campaign is part of Labour’s […]
Ealing Labour delivers safer road crossings for Hanwell
Ealing’s Labour-run council has begun work to reduce congestion and improve pedestrian safety by transforming the Uxbridge road junction with Church road in Hanwell. The works have started with the introduction of a mini-roundabout; zebra crossings will be installed on Church Road and St George’s Road this week. Signalled pedestrian [Green Man] crossings will be […]
Ealing Labour condemns the retreat from community policing
Ealing Labour has condemned the retreat from community policing under the Tory-led Government and the Tory Mayor of London at an Ealing council meeting this week. The condemnation was a response to the recent Stevens review of policing which concluded that community police is under threat from the Government’s austerity programme. Ealing has already faced […]
Labour outspends Tories on Roads
Ealing’s Labour council has now spent £18.5m on resurfacing roads. £3.5m more than the Conservatives promised at the last election. This has meant that more than 150 roads and pavements have been resurfaced since 2010 meaning that the boroughs streets remain in good repair. Even in the tough financial times Labour is delivering more than the […]
Steve Pound MP: Ealing’s housing crisis is getting worse
Steve Pound , Labour MP for Ealing North, discusses the borough’s housing shortage in his latest getwestlondon column: We’re facing an absolute crisis in our borough when it comes to housing and the situation is getting worse by the day. I can’t let my emotions show at my weekly advice surgeries but inwardly I am […]
The tragic consequence of closing A&Es
Ealing Council Leader Julian Bell, reflects on the potentially devastating consequences of the closure of Ealing’s A&E departments: The tragic case of Muhammad Hashir Maveed (story here) demonstrates the dangers of closing local A&Es. Muhammed’s mother noticed that her son had a temperature and went to her nearest hospital. Unfortunately her nearest hospital was […]
Labour’s South Acton Councillors Update – January 2014
Welcome to the January update, my first of 2014. This month’s report is longer as it looks at what’s being going on at council (including before the December Christmas break) and what’s happening/coming up in the ward. Acton Xmas Market Even though December is usually a quieter month, it ended up being busy even with some of the […]
Cllr Bell calls on UKIP leader to act on Dennehy
Ealing Council’s Labour Leader, Cllr Julian Bell, has written to UKIP Leader Nigel Farage to act against Cllr Dennehy for his offensive remarks regarding the Indian community in Southall. You can read the full letter below or download a copy by clicking here: Dear Mr Farage, I noted over this weekend Mr David Silvester […]
Our five pledges to you in 2014
Ealing Labour has today announced their top 5 priorities if we are elected to run the council on May 22nd. The pledges are the top five things a Labour council would do after the upcoming local election. The pledges are: We will keep council tax low with a fifth consecutive council tax freeze next […]
Virendra Sharma MP: A big year ahead with many big issues
The future of Ealing Hospital and Heathrow Airport will be two key issues this year, writes Labour MP for Ealing Southall Virendra Sharma in his latest column: 2014 is already two weeks old and some of that New Year optimism has already been tarnished. I was due to meet the Secretary of State for Health […]