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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Stand up to the banks, Dr Rupa Huq urges Tory MP
Rupa Huq – Labour’s choice to be next MP for Ealing Central and Acton – has issued a stinging condemnation to current MP, Angie Bray, for her failure support urgent moves to rein in bank bonuses. The Labour candidate condemned her Conservative opponent for not supporting a Labour motion debated in the House of […]
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 […]
Jeremy Hunt running scared from meeting hospital campaigners
Hospital campaigners today accused Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for health, of running scared from scrutiny after he has refused to meet with local politicians over the controversial plans to close 4 A&Es in north west London. Mr Hunt refused to attend a meeting this evening to discuss the closures, which is the biggest programme […]