Delivering on our promises
This week we will have our annual debate on the council’s corporate plan; this is the document that outlines what the council will be doing over the coming year. It also looks at what we’ve achieved since the local elections last year. It shows that we’ve delivered on our key promises to build more council […]
24 hours to Save the NHS and our A&Es
At an NHS Rally held over the bank holiday weekend in Acton, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham announced that a Labour Government will immediately halt further changes to the NHS in north west London until a full consultation, based on clinical need rather than budget pressures has taken place. Under ‘Shaping a Healthier Future’ […]
Council Tax frozen and protecting the vulnerable
Resident’s Council Tax bills will be dropping through letter boxes shortly and the good news is that they will be frozen for a record seventh year. We know that people have been having a tough time since the international financial crisis hit, with real wages down and the cost of living up, so it is […]
?Labour freezes council tax again
Labour has frozen your council tax again at Ealing Council’s annual budget setting meeting. Your Labour council has frozen council tax for the seventh year in a row despite facing £183m of Tory Government cuts. The freeze means that council tax has not increased by a penny since Labour took control in 2010. Labour made […]
Record Levels of residents satisfaction
Ealing Labour’s cabinet welcomed the news that a record number of people are satisfied with the service that the council provides at a meeting last night. The proportion of residents satisfied with the way the council runs things has increased to 74%, the highest figure since the council started its resident survey in 2007. The […]
Freezing your Council Tax
Next week we will pass our budget for 2015/16 and we will freeze local resident’s council tax bills for the 7th year running. Since Labour took power in 2010 bills have not gone up by one penny. We know that people are suffering from the disastrous economic policies of this Tory- led Government. The cost of […]
Cynical and callous Tories
Ealing Council is currently being forced to take some very difficult decisions as we struggle to balance our budget and deal with £183m cuts that are being imposed on us by the Tory led government (let’s not forget the LibDems who are holding the Tories coats as they pummel local government). These agonising decisions are […]
Heartbreaking Decisions
There are many days when being the leader of the council feels like an honour and a privilege. I am delighted to say that these days come around quite often. Seeing the work that the council does or the achievements of our residents is always a delight for me and one of the main reasons […]
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 […]