Ealing was named as one of eight boroughs to receive funding from TfL as part of the Mayor of London’s Mini-Holland initiative, it was announced yesterday.

Ealing’s Labour leader congratulated Ealing educated Oscar winner Steve McQueen after he won an Oscar on Sunday evening for his film 12 years a slave.

New data revealed by the Labour Party today shows that the average rent in Ealing now consumes fifty six percent of the average income. Cllr Julian Bell Ealing Council Labour Leader, said it shows the high price residents in Ealing are paying for London’s housing crisis.

Ealing council Housing cabinet member Cllr Hitesh Tailor, has today outlined plans to build more Council homes in Ealing over the next four years. New figures released today from the House of Commons Library show that Labour-run Councils in London have built five times as many Council homes as Conservative run Councils since 2010.

It is 100 days until the voters decide who will run Ealing council for the next 4 years. In recognition of this Labour volunteers will be out talking to residents across the Borough discussing Labour’s plans if we are re-elected.

Steve Pound , Labour MP for Ealing North, discusses the borough's housing shortage in his latest getwestlondon column:

Hospital campaigners today accused Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for health, of running scared from scrutiny after he has refused to meet with local politicians over the controversial plans to close 4 A&Es in north west London.