Leader’s Notes

15 Sep 2022

Paying respects to an extraordinary life

Since the sad news came of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II last week, residents across all seven towns of Ealing have come together …

1 Dec 2021

Good jobs, shaping our borough and more

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit us all hard in many ways – the terrible death toll, friends and family or ourselves contracting the virus, …

5 Jan 2021

Lockdown 3 to fight surge in virus cases

Last night (Monday, 4 January), the Prime Minister announced that the country must go into lockdown to prevent the NHS from being overwhelmed by …

22 Dec 2020

Christmas 2020 is unlike any other

Christmas 2020 will not be as we’ve known it before, says council leader Julian Bell in his latest video update (above). Like other religious …

20 Nov 2020

COVID still rising – we must get tests and follow rules

We are now two weeks into national lockdown and there is a lot of speculation this week about whether the government will relax COVID …

23 Oct 2020

Sincere condolences paid

I want to begin by offering my sincere condolences to the family and friends of the two people who were tragically killed in the …

16 Oct 2020

High alert status reflects increasing COVID-19 cases

I’m sure all of you will have heard the government’s decision yesterday to move London into the ‘high’, or Tier 2, local COVID restrictions …

9 Oct 2020

COVID-19 rates are rising

COVID-19 infection rates are now rising very quickly in Ealing, as they are across London, says council leader Julian Bell in his latest coronavirus …

2 Oct 2020

COVID infection rates and Black History Month

This morning, I observed the minute’s silence to remember Metropolitan Police Sergeant Matt Ratana, who was so brutally shot and killed a week ago …

18 Sep 2020

New cases of COVID continue to go up

New cases of COVID continue to go up, unfortunately, in Ealing, across the capital and the country, says Ealing Council leader Julian Bell in …

4 Sep 2020

COVID-19 cases and the emergencies we face

Last week, our COVID-19 new cases in Ealing had doubled to 71 and we were the second highest in London with over 20 cases …

14 Aug 2020

Stricter enforcement of COVID-19 rules needed

So, no figures for new COVID-19 cases have been released by Public Health England this week, due to a technical problem on their portal, …

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