22 Jun 2017 Leader's Notes Social care: Funding crisis needs national solution In this short video, council leader Julian Bell explains what Ealing Council has been doing to tackle the crisis in funding for social care …
9 Jun 2017 Leader's Notes Hospitals: Disaster waiting to happen In April, Ealing Council reaffirmed its commitment to campaigning against NHS proposals that would result in our two most local hospitals, Ealing and Charing …
27 Feb 2017 Leader's Notes Social care funding gap, and council tax It is critical that we find a way to pay for social care services, whether its home care for the disabled or dementia support. …
30 Jan 2017 News Giving refugees a home from home Our borough has always been hospitable to refugees – to people fleeing war and persecution – and now is no different. Some residents have …
21 Dec 2016 Leader's Notes Merry Christmas and farewell 2016 2016 will be remembered for all kinds of political change, and the tragedies of Aleppo in Syria and the plight of child refugees in …
2 Dec 2016 Leader's Notes Ealing’s long-awaited cinema is on its way I wrote recently about how pleased I was that Ealing’s cinema was finally on its way after many twists and turns in the tale. …
11 Nov 2016 Leader's Notes Cinema: Happy ending we were hoping for Since I became leader of the council in May 2010 I have looked out of my office window and seen the depressing sight of …
1 Nov 2016 News Time to remember On Armistice Day (11 November), and on Remembrance Sunday (13 November) the country will stop to commemorate the sacrifice of our armed forces, past …
21 Oct 2016 Leader's Notes Helping the Calais ‘jungle’ children In August, I visited the refugee camp in Calais that is often referred to as ‘the jungle’. As you can see from the video …
11 Aug 2016 Leader's Notes Ealing says welcome As a borough, everyone in Ealing should be proud of its diversity; of its long history of providing a home to people from across …
26 May 2016 Leader's Notes The emerging ‘capital’ of west London? With the arrival of Crossrail (the Elizabeth Line) in 2019, Ealing will become one of the best connected London suburbs; and Property Week recently …
25 Feb 2016 Leader's Notes Why we have frozen council tax again This month Ealing Council agreed to freeze council tax again for the eighth consecutive year – something that, to be frank, I did not …
11 Mar 2024 Fighting inequality | News Ambitious school expansion for special educational needs Plans to increase the number of special educational needs (SEND) school places in the borough has moved a step closer, as the appointment of …