At Ealing Council's Full Council meeting on Tuesday (26th July 2022) the Liberal Democrats blasted and questioned aspects of Labour's plans for the next four years.

Liberal Democrats uncovered that a promise to keep ward forums going was a lie and they now plan to axe them and replace with seven Town committees which were like the old Area committees.

Councillor Gary Malcolm, Liberal Democrat Leader of the Opposition, Ealing Council said: "Liberal Democrats have seen over the past decade that ward forums are loved and have a high attendance. Replacing them with the seven Town committees means that decision making will be taken further away from people. In covid times, residents and businesses wanted to be more involved in their communities. Labour promised to keep ward forums before the election but now that was a blatant lie."

Councillor Gary Malcolm added: "Liberal Democrats want to see the Council doing the basics correctly but in the past few months they have had to get rid of two failed contractors, had two IT failures causing residents issues with parking, data management and other web services. Labour-run Ealing Council has failed to manage housing checks and repairs, meaning that thousands of tenants may have been living in unsafe conditions."