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Ho, Ho, Ho, Home Office supports Illegal Immigrants against UK Citizens. Thank you Liebore Voters.

Outstanding!

Rosco White ● 414d25 Comments ● 412d

West Ealing Action Group

The future development and spending of considerable funds in West Ealing is to decided by this group. An Ealing officer called Connor McDonagh I presume is responsible for selecting its membership. At these sensitive times how has he included The West Ealing Islamic Centre and not St John's Church, The Hindu Temple in Chapel Road, The Salvation Army, The Assyrian Cathedral formerly St James's etc?  Neither has he included elected councillors. Who has given him this power to evade common sense and democracy?

Arthur Breens ● 434d15 Comments ● 414d

Lime Bikes Banned in Hounslow — Should Ealing Do the Same?

This is my first post on this forum, so please be nice and on topic.I've read a lot of posts about many local issues and feel that now is the time to put my toe in the water, so to speak.Just saw the news that Hounslow Council has banned Lime bikes from operating in their borough, mainly due to problems with dumped bikes blocking pavements and creating hazards.Whatever your view on bikes, it’s hard to deny that these hire schemes haven’t been well managed. In parts of Ealing, they’re often left sprawled across pavements, outside shops, or across driveways — which clearly isn’t fair on pedestrians, pushchair users, or those with limited mobility.But they’re also promoted as a “green” transport option, and some people do rely on them to get to work or the station.Given what’s just happened in Hounslow, should Ealing consider doing the same — or is there a better way to deal with the problems without an outright ban?I’m genuinely curious what Ealing people think — I'm not looking for the usual “Cars vs Bikes” or political debate. I'm curious: are these bikes helping or harming our local streets, and what would a sensible approach look like here in Ealing?

Richard Price ● 435d17 Comments ● 423d

Who is worse?

Big water main burst at the junction of Eaton Rise and Castlebar Road this morning, water literally everywhere. In the week Mount Park Road suffered a similar fate (the two roads run parallel down to Haven Green). There is also a smaller one in Helena Road by the school that Thames Water are working on. When the water gushes there is nowhere for it to go as the upswept rubbish blocks the drains which our lovely council ignore as they do most things.Your vote as to who is worse, our crap council or water supplier?

Peter King ● 426d1 Comments ● 425d

Labour Have Woken Up - I Wonder Why?

There was a knock on my door. A smiling Labour activist stood there, telling me how brilliantly things are going. They must have woken up, nearly nine months before an election.Clean, pristine streets? Crime free? Weed free? Don't worry and Just ignore the shoplifters and drug dealers we dodge daily. West Ealing, they say, is a shining example of regeneration. Yes, if your idea of regeneration is concrete towers blotting out the skyline.And the parks? A triumph, if you like "lakes" that look like industrial waste ponds.Meanwhile, nearly half our children’s centres are set to close or be repurposed, 12 out of 25 gone, cutting £11.8 million from services families depend on.But councillor perks? Untouchable. Remember the 23.8 percent basic allowance hike in 2022, quietly topped up each year for inflation. And council tax? Up around 20 percent in four years for a Band D.I will give them this: some new play areas and cycle paths. But set against the scale of decline elsewhere, they feel like crumbs from the table.Then there is the stunning derelict block near Dean Gardens, once meant to be a flagship development. The slogans on the hoardings still promise transformation. The reality is an empty shell, abandoned mid build, ghostly and still.And that is before even looking at their first year in government nationally. Gaza may dominate headlines, but when I am dodging shoplifters, drug dealers, and the risk of being poisoned in my own park, perhaps they could start fixing problems closer to home.I have voted for all parties before. But this time I will back whoever can stop another Labour candidate vanishing for four years, then reappearing with promises and leaflets.Four more years? Expect more towers, mouldy housing, rising rents, higher taxes, fewer services, crumbling streets, and yes, more 24/7 casinos (poor Hanwell — destined to follow West Ealing?) and music festivals.I know many will disagree. That is fine. It is called democracy. And yes, stupidly I did vote Labour last time. I regretted it, especially when 59 Labour councillors have been elected out of 70. That is not good for democracy or accountability. And let's face it, both have been in short supply in Ealing.Sigh. Double sigh. Vote wisely in May. PS: Produced by me, not AI.

Mark callan ● 433d12 Comments ● 426d

More clutter near Ealing Broadway station

As I went to the station yesterday, I noticed some roadworks on the bridge going down to the Uxbridge Road. It looks like the clowns at Perceval House have taken out the old bus stop that was turned into a loading bay and have slapped in yet more metal posts to chain cycles to.Given there is little or no space to collect and drop off the less agile near the station, this is a joke. It's bad enough trying to cross outside the station and finding a large litter bin plus the obligatory cycle posts as well as bags of shops rubbish/recycling as hazards. Does anyone at the council look at the area and come up with what is better for all of us or am I wrong and it's a tfl problem?

Peter King ● 429d2 Comments ● 429d

Council Tax and Public Parks

Due to the loss of Lammas Park I took the dogs to what used to be called Gunnersbury Park.It’s basically now a commercial entertainment site with loads of vehicles flying around at 20MPH+So Lammas is unusable Gunnersbury virtually unusable for a large (and nicest weather periods) chunk of the yearWalpole much the same as Gunnersbury as the festival site much much larger this yearTalk of areas of Elthorne being lostBoston Manor Park (I know that’s in Hounslow) has been a disaster zone for seven weeks When is it fraud that I’m paying Council Tax for a service (public amenity space) that I’m actually not able to use but it’s handed over to feather the nest of companies making money out of it?Queen of the Suburbs my wobbly backside!!

Colin Goodman ● 435d8 Comments ● 433d

Another one gone!

The Samrat in Pitshanger Lane has closed so I believe! No more take-aways for Peter Crouch and Prince William !! We are gradually losing all the restaurants in this neck of the woods.

Peter Tolhust ● 446d22 Comments ● 436d

Road safety

Are you interested in implementing schemes to make your roads safer? If so, are there any personal sacrifices that you would be willing to make for your loved ones to have a better chance of surviving a collision?

Ben Owen ● 484d127 Comments ● 437d

Who are the worst Ealing councillors?

There seems to be ever increasing dissatisfaction with our councillors across Ealing, concerns that they are self serving and ignore residents' wishes and priorities. Criticism of the local cabal of Labour councillors and MPs is increasing. So, who are the worst and why?

Steve Chilcott ● 532d22 Comments ● 437d

Boston Manor Park – Public Order Offences

As many of you will be aware, the “Paradise in the City” event in Boston Manor Park last night (Saturday 2 August) resulted in a significant outbreak of public disorder. Residents report that they observed drug dealing, drug taking and defecating on the pavement. Some experienced threatening and abusive behaviour by people leaving the event. All of this took place in the residential streets between Boston Manor Park and Northfields underground station between 10pm and midnight. Anyone wishing to report specific incidents can do so initially via the Metropolitan Police website:https://www.met.police.uk/ro/report/asb/asb-v3/report-antisocial-behaviour/

David Marshall ● 439d0 Comments ● 439d

What's your vision for Ealing?

Lot of complaining in this forum, not a lot of vision.What do you wish for Ealing in the decades to come?More of the same?Or something different?Do you want to be a consumer or a creator?

Charlotte Lester ● 545d45 Comments ● 439d

Council is to blame for flytipping epidemic

It was interesting to see Ealing launch a major crackdown on fly-tipping just after they were given permission by central government to significantly raise fines. I haven't seen any cases in the UK but other local authorities have grasped this opportunity with enthusiasm and started issuing PCNs to residents for fairly minor infractions. Catching serial fly tippers is always unlikely as they will know where the cameras are and how to avoid detection. However anyone hapless enough to have their traceable information in a flytip is going to be in trouble. Whether they actually were responsible in the first place is always going to be difficult and expensive to disprove. The videos of flytipping released so far seem to show fairly minor cases including one chap depositing a large box by a bin on Acton High Street presumably in the expectation that it would be collected when the bins were emptied. Like many people he probably weighed up the risk of doing this against a long round trip to Greenford. Previously he could have taken it the short hop to Stirling Road but now that is just holding the occasional cycling event and will never be accepting waste again. 

Gordon Southwell ● 457d31 Comments ● 440d

Elthorne Park Being Turned Into a Commercial Festival Site?

I was surprised to learn that Elthorne Park will soon host the PALOP Festival this July — a large-scale event that many local residents were unaware of until recently As you all know the  Park is a quiet, mainly residential green space, valued by families, dog-walkers, and the wider community. While Hanwell Carnival and the Hanwell Hootie bring noise and disruption, they are long-standing community events that we accept and enjoy.they are part of what makes Hanwell and our community special.The PALOP Festival, by contrast, is a commercial event with no local roots. It feels wrong that our park should be hired out in this way, with residents expected to tolerate the inevitable noise, litter, and disruption. Worse still, it risks setting a dangerous precedent.Once the door is opened to external festivals, how long before our public spaces become regular commercial venues?  Residents deserve a say before the character of our community is changed without our consent.If you agree, please make your feelings known to your local councillor — and remind them that they face elections next year.

Mark callan ● 535d28 Comments ● 441d

England through to the Euro's Final

Ealing's Chloe Kelly fires England into the Euros 2025 final!Brilliant!Not the first England player from Ealing but currently the most successful.

Dominik Klimowski ● 450d15 Comments ● 442d

stop and shop changing to shop+

Hello Do not believe a word of what the council says regarding the changes to the stop and shop parking to shop+. This is just a revenue raising exersise.Alex

Alex Gowans ● 443d1 Comments ● 443d

Problem with homepage?

I usually give most of the articles on the homepage  quick shufti but the one about the council meeting being asked to look into the HMO's won't open.Has anyone else found this please?

Keith Iddon ● 453d8 Comments ● 444d

Boston Road cycle lane

Apparently & finally, installation is starting in March.

David Greane ● 638d129 Comments ● 446d

NHS Healthcare Governance of Ealing to Become Much More 'Remote'

NHS healthcare governance up to June 2022 was carried out by the Ealing Clinical Commissioning Group (ECCG) based in Perceval House. In July 2022 this all changed - ECCG was closed down and a new regional body took over - the North West London Integrated Care Board (ICB). Now this ICB is now to be merged with the North Central London ICB.So in just 3 years we have moved from a local body managing our NHS affairs for 366,000 Ealing residents to a huge new merged ICB handling NHS healthcare in 13 Local Authorities with a combined population of 4.5 million.How can anybody describe this as progress?

Eric Alan Leach ● 447d0 Comments ● 447d

"government’s broader Devolution Programme, which aims to hand more power to local leaders"

All Governments, ESPECIALLY the current Liebore one, treat us as fools, the only thing this will "drive" is incompetence, laziness, arrogance and corruption.There's a Reckoning coming, people are fed up with The Lunacy.Revealed: Six English regions to gain powerful elected mayors under new devolution dealSix areas across England are set to establish new devolved mayoral authorities, following confirmation that each has met the legal requirements to proceed. This move forms part of the government’s broader Devolution Programme, which aims to hand more power to local leaders and drive regional growth. The regions moving forward with the new arrangements are: Cumbria Cheshire and Warrington Norfolk and Suffolk Greater Essex Sussex and Brighton Hampshire and the Solent Each of these areas will soon elect a mayor to lead a new strategic authority, with significant powers to shape the future of their region. These elected mayors will be responsible for overseeing key policy areas such as housing, transport, and wider strategic sectors, aligning local priorities with national devolution goals. To support the transition, the government has pledged to provide each new authority with a dedicated 30-year investment fund, enabling long-term planning and delivery. A standardised funding model will also be introduced to ensure greater transparency and fairness across the board. The announcement comes alongside the introduction of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, which proposes further powers for local leaders. Under the bill, elected mayors would be granted the authority to intervene in planning applications deemed strategically important and issue planning permission through mayoral development orders – streamlining processes by removing the need for traditional applications. SOURCE:  https://blog.planningportal.co.uk/2025/07/23/planning-news-24-july-2025/?msdynmkt_trackingcontext=c4fd49c2-e24a-412b-a14f-938fc6300000#story-three

Rosco White ● 449d2 Comments ● 447d