http://www.ealinglibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Ealing Borough Liberal Democrats en-GB Ealing Borough Liberal Democrats http://www.ealinglibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Ealing Borough Liberal Democrats 2008-07-24T03:48+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.ealinglibdems.org.uk/news/000189/jon_ball_welcomes_tory_capitulation_on_southall_black_sisters.html Ealing Council withdrew its case in the High Court on Friday where Southall Black Sisters had taken action against the Council's decision to cut their funding. 2008-07-20T18:49+01:00 http://www.ealinglibdems.org.uk/news/000188/indiscriminate_parking_tickets_erode_trust_between_citizen_and_state__ball.html In a speech during last night's meeting of Ealing Council, Liberal Democrat Councillor for Ealing Common and parliamentary campaigner for Ealing Central and Acton Jon Ball has hit out at the indiscriminate way that Ealing Council is issuing parking tickets for both parking and moving traffic offences and the poor attitude that it shows to residents who appeal. He warned that this threatens to erode the trust between the citizen and the state. 2008-07-16T01:32+01:00 http://www.ealinglibdems.org.uk/news/000187/lib_dems_slam_dickens_yard_plans.html Ealing Liberal Democrats have formally objected to the Council about plans for Dickens Yard, the site behind the Town Hall which is to be redeveloped. 2008-06-27T00:00+01:00 http://www.ealinglibdems.org.uk/news/000186/lib_dem_councillor_wants_mayor_boris_johnson_to_change_his_mind_and_get_the_piccadilly_line_to_stop_at_turnham_green_tube_station.html Lib Dem councillor, Gary Malcolm, for Southfield ward wrote to the new Mayor of London to ask that he arrange for the Piccadilly Line tube to stop at Turnham Green station. He received a reply saying that this would not happen. 2008-06-25T00:00+01:00 http://www.ealinglibdems.org.uk/news/000184/labour_sheep_back_42day_detention_bill.html Ealing Southall Liberal Democrat campaigner Nigel Bakhai has slammed the three local Labour MPs in Ealing for backing the Government's controversial plans to extend the length of time terror suspects can be held without charge to 42 days. 2008-06-12T13:13+01:00 http://www.ealinglibdems.org.uk/news/000183/lib_dem_councillor_fights_to_protect_residents_in_local_gas_supplier_fraud.html Local Lib Dem councillor for Southfield ward has written to many residents, particularly those in Ivy Crescent and Bollo Lane after he heard that a vulnerable elderly resident had her gas supply changed without her permission. 2008-06-10T00:00+01:00 http://www.ealinglibdems.org.uk/news/000182/town_centre_battle_won_but_war_goes_on.html Following a huge local campaign by Lib Dem councillor Jon Ball and local residents, plans for a 40-storey tower on the Arcadia site in the centre of Ealing have been WITHDRAWN by the developers. A revised scheme is expected later this summer. 2008-06-09T19:33+01:00 http://www.ealinglibdems.org.uk/news/000185/lib_dem_councillor_wants_residents_views_as_part_of_tfl_bus_consultation.html Local Lib Dem councillor for Southfield ward, Gary Malcolm, received an email from Transport for London informing him of possible changes to local buses - 440, 27 and E10 - which would now serve the area or run with slightly different routes to include the new Chiswick Business Park offices. 2008-06-23T00:00+01:00 http://www.ealinglibdems.org.uk/news/000181/bakhai_five_years_on_troops_must_leave_iraq.html Ealing and Hillingdon Lib Dem London Assembly candidate Nigel Bakhai has marked the fifth anniversary of the outbreak of war in Iraq by calling for British troops to withdraw. 2008-03-17T20:40+00:00 http://www.ealinglibdems.org.uk/news/000180/tube_survey_criticises_mayor_for_poor_service.html A tube survey undertaken by Ealing Liberal Democrats has found that a majority of passengers think that the London Underground service has worsened under Mayor Ken Livingstone. 2008-03-11T21:24+00:00 http://www.ealinglibdems.org.uk/news/000179/gupta_elected_new_chair_of_ealing_southall_lib_dems.html Former Deputy Chair of Ealing Southall Conservatives, Brij-Mohan Gupta, has been unanimously elected as the Chair of the new branch of Ealing Southall Liberal Democrats. 2008-02-27T23:28+00:00 http://www.ealinglibdems.org.uk/news/000178/ealing_lib_dems_attended_no_third_runway_rally.html On Monday 25th February HACAN with the help of Lib Dems in West London organised a massive rally at the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster. 2008-02-26T00:00+00:00 http://www.ealinglibdems.org.uk/news/000177/cllr_jon_ball_hits_out_at_ealing_post_office_closures.html Cllr Jon Ball, the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman for Ealing Central and Acton, has been campaigning against the threat to close 20% of London's post offices alongside Lib Dem Mayoral candidate, Brian Paddick. 2008-02-19T00:00+00:00 http://www.ealinglibdems.org.uk/news/000176/nigel_bakhai_named_lib_dem_gla_candidate.html Local man Nigel Bakhai has been selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Ealing and Hillingdon in GLA elections on 1 May. 2008-02-13T00:00+00:00 http://www.ealinglibdems.org.uk/news/000175/lib_dem_jon_ball_slams_heathrow_expansion_at_acton_meeting.html At a public meeting today to discuss Heathrow expansion at St. Mary's Church Hall, Acton, Lib Dem Ealing & Acton parliamentary campaigner criticised the government for the environmental disaster Heathrow expansion would bring to the area. 2008-02-11T23:55+00:00