News in Ealing

In the last few weeks, Ealing Liberal Democrat councillors and other colleagues have been speaking to residents in our neighbourhood, and the lack of tree pruning has been repeatedly reflected on the doorstep.

Shockingly there are many examples of where the Council's approved contractors have marked the work as being 'complete' and it clearly was not.

The three Southfield Liberal Democrat Councillors have been running our monthly advice sessions for a couple of months since the Covid restrictions changed; some we ran outside to enable us to meet residents and listen to their concerns.

Since the tragedy of the MP Sir David Amess, who was murdered at his surgery, we have updated our plans to ensure that we and residents are safer but still able to meet with residents to hear problems they have with Ealing Council.

Pollution in and around the canal has reached an appalling level in my "patch".

I live in Maida Vale and enjoy canal walking between Little Venice and Paddington Basin. I also like the stretch between Westbourne Park and Ladbroke Grove (where I often do my shopping in the large Sainsbury's there).

THE controversial traffic restrictions at Fishers Lane raise the issue of transparency at Ealing Council.

Liberal Democrat Councillors have 'called in' the decision taken at Ealing Council Cabinet last Wednesday (22nd September).

Although more common nowadays for residents to report Council problems to us by email, many people still need to ask our advice in person.

The Southfield Liberal Democrats run monthly advice sessions that take place between 10am and noon on the first Saturday of each month. They take place at the portacabin next to St Albans Church, South Parade, Chiswick, W4.

I dined at Gordon Ramsay's new Bread Street Café in Ealing, the third in his expanding Bread Street Kitchen chain.

The Ealing branch is set apart for its supposedly more casual café dining experience.

As a local resident and Liberal Democrat Councillor I see how good or not Ealing Council are at keeping our streets clean and safe.

Whether it is our streets needing to be cleaned to a high standard or making sure broken kerbs or pavements are repaired quickly, Ealing Council is not performing well.

We all remember seeing the horrific scenes of the burning tower at Grenfell Tower over four years ago.

When we quietly marched with others who wanted action to stop another Grenfell, it was crucial in raising awareness of this issue.

Many of us over the past week have been shocked and upset to see the Taliban take over Afghanistan. Knowing their history we can expect lots of deaths as the Taliban step up the search for "collaborators".

President Biden, who I would normally agree with, has clearly made a totally reckless decision in the way that he hungered for his troops withdrawal without clearly having a coherent exit plan. To now blame the Afghanis is very offensive.

AS of today (August 13), Ealing Labour still has not published the results of the consultation for nine Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) schemes, nor explained why the results have still not been released.

That is 20 days after the official deadline of July 23.