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Local Democracy
Without any consultation, Ealing Council has unveiled its new logo. The old logo was a mature municipal (socialist?) oak. Forty years of recognition, instantly legible, sitting in the lineage of the borough’s heraldic tradition. Bin lorries, school gates, …
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Investigations
Above: the council’s own climate risk map for Ealing. Reds and dark reds mark the highest-risk neighbourhoods. Source: Ealing CEES 2025 Progress …
Campaigns
🐸 Going Green 🐸 Peter Mason celebrated another election victory yesterday morning by going green. Solomon Cuthbertson, a Labour activist, posted …
Local Democracy
Shots were fired early in this election campaign. In late March, Ealing Labour issued a statement attacking the Ealing Community Independents …
Local Democracy
Yes, yes, yes, he’s on the right in this picture! On 6 November 2023, Berkeley Group’s Southall development — The Green Quarter, rising on the …
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