Ealing Labour delivers more lighting for crime hotspots
Ealing’s Labour Council is to invest £102,000 to improve street lighting in key crime hotspots across the borough. This means that under Labour the council has delivered over £400k worth of upgraded lighting in crime hotspots. The extra lighting will be introduced in nine different areas across the borough including Brunswick Road, New Broadway and […]
Ealing Labour launch Manifesto to Defend our Community
Ealing Labour Party has launched its local Council election manifesto ahead of polling day on 22 May. Labour Leader Cllr Julian Bell and Ealing Labour Councillors and candidates were joined by Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and former Walpole Councillor and Ealing Council Deputy Leader to […]
Work starts on new Entrance at Hanwell station
Work is starting on opening the southern entrance at Hanwell station. The £300k improvement works will started on April 11 and will be completed by the summer. Once the works are completed the station will have a Southern entrance open again which will allow commuters to enter the station from Station approach as well as […]
Labour starts work on library improvements
Your Labour Council is delivering more library improvements. Under Labour all the boroughs libraries have been kept open despite Tory cuts and there has been a major programme of improvements. Work is now starting on improvements at Greenford Library. The improvements will deliver better disabled access and self-service machines to make the library more accessible […]
Virendra Sharma MP: Why an inquiry into Golden Temple massacre is needed
Ealing Southall MP Virendra Sharma reflects on unanswered questions surrounding the UK government’s role in the 1984 Golden Temple massacre of Sikhs in India, in his latest Gazette column. This summer we will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War and as part of those activities we will remember the 80,000 Sikhs who […]
Dame Tessa Jowell MP joins Dr Rupa Huq to defend ‘vital’ children’s centres in Ealing
On Friday 28 March, Dame Tessa Jowell MP joined Dr Rupa Huq on a visit to Ealing Central & Acton, stopping first to talk to staff and parents at the award-winning South Acton Children’s Centre. There she addressed the importance of early years care for children and advice for new parents. She said: “If you […]
Ealing Labour Council Tax Freeze saves residents £372
Ealing Labour’s council tax freeze has saved the average Ealing family over £372 since 2010. Labour has kept council tax frozen for four years. Bills were frozen again at the budget council meeting on Feb 17th and Labour will freeze them again in 2015 if re-elected. Figures revealed for a council question at the budget […]
Ealing to receive a share of Mini-Holland cycling fund
Ealing was named as one of eight boroughs to receive funding from TfL as part of the Mayor of London’s Mini-Holland initiative, it was announced yesterday. Ealing’s cycling plans were described as ‘exceptional’, with TfL pledging a share of the £100million funding for the council to implement the plans. The exact amount of funding Ealing […]
Ealing Labour has invested £170m in schools
Figures revealed at Budget Council on February 25th show that Labour has invested £169.6m in local schools over the course of the last four years. The figures were revealed as part of a council question and revealed the amount of money that the council has had to spend to ensure there are enough good quality […]
Tristram Hunt MP supports ‘true community champion’ Dr Rupa Huq in Ealing
Last Thursday, Feb 27, shadow Secretary of State for Education and TV personality Dr Tristram Hunt travelled to Ealing to support Dr Rupa Huq in her bid to become the next MP for Ealing Central & Acton. At a packed-out fundraiser at the 8 Treasures restaurant in Ealing Broadway, the shadow Secretary of State outlined […]