Labour Promises Cleaner, Greener Ealing

Election manifesto sets out pledges for next four years

Labour's local election campaign have published their election manifesto for the May 4th vote. It is entitled "Securing Ealing’s Future through People, Prosperity and Pride".

Under the banners “Securing Ealing’s Future” and “People, Prosperity, Pride” the Labour Group’s Manifesto sets out the achievements of the Labour Council and pledges for the next four years.

The manifesto has five themes.

1.      “Cleaner, Greener, Safer” – the environment and crime theme , with a headline proposal to put £2.7 million extra a year into environmental services (over £10 million extra across the next four years)

2.      “Feeling Good about Ealing” – with proposals to invest in housing, town centres, libraries, parks and events across the borough

3.      “Every Child Matters” – where the party pledges to continue investing in the nationally renowned work it is doing to give Ealing’s young people the best start in life

4.      “Extra Help to those in Need” – where the party promises to continue the investment and improvement in adults social care and to give access to more activities for the elderly people of the borough

5.      “Our Diverse Communities” – with proposals to support more multi-cultural events and bring more funding into the borough for its many communities.

Launching the campaign at Perivale Community Centre, in the heart of Perivale ward in which the party aims to return three Labour councillors again, Cllr Leo Thomson, Leader of the Labour Group and the Council said: “Over the past four years Labour has aimed for the highest standards in delivering services to local people, while keeping council tax lower than most of our neighbouring boroughs. Our progress has been recognised by the independent Audit Commission which now rates us as a 3-star(“good”) council."

She pointed to the record level of investment that the Council had put into the Borough, particularly in schools, and pledged to improve services for everyone if re-elected.

May 4, 2006