Local Democracy
Who Does Peter Mason Really Represent?
Peter Mason has spent this campaign accusing others of hidden allegiances. He has some of his own.
Recording what happens to Southall — and who is responsible.
Local people. Local questions.
Digging the dirt, unearthing the truth.
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Exposés
23 stories
Local Democracy
The Man in the Middle
Berkeley, Southall Community Alliance, and the Labour Candidate Who Links Them
Investigations
The Smell of Success
Peter Mason has been shortlisted for Labour Councillor of the Year. Southall Stories investigates his credentials.
Campaigns
When "deport six million" becomes mainstream: what Ealing Labour won't tell you
Ealing Labour condemns local Tory fascism, but Labour enabled the National Front in the town where Blair Peach was murdered for joining community …
Local Democracy
Canvassing with Minni Dogra: A Councillor in All But Name
Southall Stories joins Ealing Community Independents candidate Minni Dogra on the campaign trail in Southall Green — and passes the house where a sitting …
Investigations
What Happened to Southall?
A new report by Community Powered Reporting critically examines Ealing Council’s shortcomings in addressing issues in Southall, highlighting various …
Investigations
The Broken Manifesto Promises that show how Labour is Failing Ealing
Peter Mason adeptly maintains Ealing Labour’s façade of progress while consistently failing to deliver on housing promises and other key issues.
Environment
Bangarang! Pirate Pete and the Lost Bin Collections of Southall
The Lost Boys were right all along. They saw what Peter Pan couldn’t: that refusing to grow up and admit you were wrong costs everyone except those who …
Investigations
The EA Files: What Regulators Knew About Fire Risks at Southall Recycling Site
An incendiary paper trail of inspections, warnings and half-measures that makes the “unfortunate accident” claim about Southall’s recycling fire …
Investigations
The Council Investigation That Found Nothing
A year-long investigation by the council into complaints about harmful practices at the Johnson Street recycling site that burned last week ultimately …
Investigations
A Fire We Were Warned About
Within hours of publishing an update on Southall’s Toxic Town scandal, the recycling site behind our home burned - an event long predicted by residents and …
Investigations
Ealing For Sale
Ealing Council’s 2023 strategy document officially confirms what began in 2007 with the Dominion Centre template: a systematic 18-year asset disposal …
Campaigns
Perceval House W5: Where Local Democracy in Ealing Goes to Die
An exposé of how Ealing Council’s circular bureaucracy makes democratic accountability impossible, told through one mother’s struggle to save her local …
Local Democracy
Ealing Labour Leaks
Leaked WhatsApp messages from Ealing Labour councillors reveal internal conflicts, allegations of bullying and corruption, and criticism of leadership …
Campaigns
Strawberries for Pigs?
A father’s discovery that his child’s garden strawberries were poisoned by toxic air from nearby gasworks becomes a meditation on how Labour councillors …
Campaigns
Southall under Siege: the Neighbours from Hell
For years, residents of Britain’s most diverse community were forced to breathe carcinogenic fumes from a toxic waste site while council leaders accepted …
Environment
PHE cover-up?
Benzene levels significantly exceeded safety standards in early 2019, contradicting reassurances by public health officials.
Environment
Pull the Other One, Julian
Julian Bell, the leader of Ealing Council, controversially downplayed air quality concerns at a former gasworks site while allegations of bribery and …
Environment
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics?
Searched project for “Berkeley Group statistical manipulation benzene levels unit conversion mg/m3 ppm legal limits Atkins” Berkeley Group and Atkins used …
Environment
Countering the Southall Waterside Narrative
Berkeley’s Southall Waterside narrative is systematically dismantled through exposure of their corporate gaslighting tactics, broken promises about …
Investigations
Berkeley's School Governors Board Member
Concerns have been raised about air pollution from the Berkeley Group’s construction affecting students’ health at Blair Peach Primary School.
Investigations
Visit to Southall Waterside (aka The Green Quarter)
Concerns are raised over the safety and environmental impact of the Southall Waterside development and its associated companies.