Following our recent residents’ survey, the Southfield Liberal Democrat Councillors have launched our three pledges for the local elections which take place on 3rd May 2018.

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What’s orange; British, European and Australian and has a ratio of 2 females to 1 male?

The newly elected Liberal Democrat team of Cleveland Ward, Ealing.

The new candidates on the team are Greek-Australian Athena Zissimos who has lived in the borough for 15 years and Jo Baldwin Trott, born in Bristol. They have joined resident of Ealing for 60 years, Francesco Fruzza who is second generation British born Italian and who has lived in the Cleveland Ward for 25 years.

Harvey Rose, who was a Liberal Democrat Councillor for Southfield ward for twenty years, has been honoured by Ealing Council, for his hard work for charities and representing residents over the past two decades.

Ward Forums in the borough have an annual budget to spend. Many suggestions come from residents.

We consulted with residents about a proposal to light the playground located in Acton Green Common so that children can play even when it goes dark in Wintertime.

In 2017 your Liberal Democrat Councillors provided much needed funding to help refurbish the frequently used Scouts Hut, located on Rugby Road.

After two years’ of campaigning the Ealing Liberal Democrat Leader Councillor Gary Malcolm was happy that Labour-run Ealing Council reversed a decision (made two years’ ago) to remove nearly 10% of benefits which many vulnerable residents needed.

Ealing Liberal Democrat Leader, Councillor Gary Malcolm, attended a rally which started outside the Town Hall and ended at Dean Gardens, stopping in the centre of the Northfields Avenue - Uxbridge Road junction where cyclist Claudia Manera died recently following a collision with a lorry.

A recent report said that NHS cyber-attacks on Ealing Hospital was avoidable.

Councillor Gary Malcolm said: "Advanced warnings were given to all hospitals many months before the attacks took place and it is very sad that the government did not fund IT investment to ensure that hospital services were not affected."

At an Ealing Council meeting, last night, all of the Liberal Democrat Councillors voted to support a motion to stop women and staff sufferring verbal, physical and psychological attacks whilst visiting the Marie Stopes clinic.

In the vote, two of the Conservative party Councillors abstained.