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6 Mar 2025

Financial planning for the year ahead

This week we, as your local council, set a budget for the next financial year, which runs from 1 April 2025 to the end …

13 Feb 2025

‘A journey of change’

I have had the great privilege to be the leader of this council now for almost 4 years. In that time we have been …

29 Jan 2025

‘Helping more people choose cycling’

In April last year we announced our plans to invest £28million into the borough’s streets to make them more attractive to live, work and …

16 Jan 2025

How we plan in 2025 to deliver what we promised

As this is my first blog of 2025 so I want to wish you and your family a happy new year, and I hope …

12 Dec 2024

Communities: ‘building a sense of common pride’

Creating community is at the heart of everything that we do as a council, and putting communities in control of their town is how …

28 Nov 2024

‘Placing community benefit at the heart of decisions’

This month, the council has reached an incredibly important milestone in submitting its new local plan. The plan sets out our vision for how …

14 Nov 2024

‘We all build a community to be proud of’

Recent events around the world have made me reflect on discrimination that many of our communities face and the work we must all continue …

3 Oct 2024

A journey of reclaiming narratives

October marks Black History Month and this year there’s a significant shift towards recognising and correcting the narratives of black history and culture with …

20 Sep 2024

‘Ambitious plans for active travel’

This Sunday is Car Free Day. We will be marking it by closing Bond Street in Ealing to traffic. There will be stalls from …

1 Aug 2024

Great news and summer fun

As school holidays begin and as many of you begin to wind down over the summer, I’m thrilled to share some great news about …

18 Jul 2024

Delivering your priorities across our 7 towns

This week, at the first meeting of Ealing Council’s cabinet since the general election, we looked back at the incredible progress made towards delivering …

16 May 2024

New horizons for leisure and culture

This month we will be sharing our new masterplan for a new Gurnell Leisure Centre and next month we’ll be opening a new park …

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