Ealing Liberal Democrats

It's time for a change in Ealing.

All across the Borough people are telling us that the Council is letting them down in two main areas:

Local people want action on the environment.: Local people feel that the Council isn't doing enough to keep the streets properly clean and adequately lit - and they want to see concrete action to improve the Council's weak record on recycling.
They want the Council to start listening: People are also telling us that, again and again, they don't feel the Council is listening to them properly. Recent examples include the Ealing Town Centre plans, the Priory Centre plans in Acton, the day centre closure program, the ongoing CPZ consultations and 2001 proposal for LSVT of Council Housing. Either the consultation is not run properly - or they don't take enough notice of the results.

Our priorities

In light of this, our top priorities are as follows.

Clean up Ealing;: We want to see a dramatic improvement in street cleaning and graffiti removal. We want people to feel pride in their environment right across the borough.
Based on the Liberal Democrats' successful recycling programme in Sutton, we have a concrete plan to dramatically improve the borough's level of recycling.
Light up Ealing;: Everywhere we go in the Borough, we hear complaints about the lighting. We will increase investment in street lighting. This doesn't just make the borough brighter, it makes it safer too.
Listen to Ealing: Ealing Liberal Democrat Councillors have consistently fought for greater openness and improved consultation - and we will continue to do so after these elections. We believe in open local decision-making and so we will strengthen the role of area committees, giving them a bigger budget and more say over their area. We will ensure better and wider consultation - and we will listen to the results. We will stop the centralisation of services - and keep services broadly spread across the borough. We want a Council that genuinely listens to people right across the borough.

The last few years have seen Liberal Democrats take control of Labour-run councils like Islington and Liverpool and improve services while cutting back waste. In Ealing, more and more people are turning to the Liberal Democrats. At the General Election, we saw a sharp increase in our vote at a time when Labour and Tory votes were slumping. Ealing Liberal Democrats also have one of the fastest growing memberships of any political party anywhere in the country.

Our manifesto is laid out in detail below. Please feel free to send me any comments. And if you want to see positive change in Ealing, please vote Liberal Democrat on May 2nd.

Councillor Harvey Rose
Leader, Ealing Liberal Democrat Council Group
harvey.rose@ealing.gov.uk

Our policies in more detail:

Our policy statement is divided into 11 sections. You can access them from this page, or go through each section in order:

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