Letters to the editor - Ealing Gazette

Letters: Londoners support the cap on benefits

The issue of welfare reform is hugely important to many people. Read

Your Letters: Rubbish bags not fit for purpose

I have just received the June issue of Around Ealing. Read

Letters round-up: In-town Tesco will hurt consumers

I read with interest your article on the opening of yet another Tesco, this time in Southall. Read

Letters: UKIP wants your help

Last week’s elections are a war cry to the residents of Ealing that real change can happen here next year. Read

Letters: Thatcher funeral, CPZs and Ealing's rock heritage

On Saturday morning I visited the Pitshanger controlled parking zone exhibition in the Pitshanger Methodist Church.Read

Letters: Allowance abuse destroys our trust

The Gazette poll on whether the Perivale councillor (Edward Rennie) who claimed allowances for attending meetings during a five-month period when he was abroad should really ask why he thought he had the right to do so and why no-one stopped him from abusing public money Read

Letters: Complacency fails to deliver services

If you believed the article on the 2012 residents survey in the Around Ealing edition that has just dropped though my letterbox, you’d be mistaken for thinking that Ealing Council provides an excellent service. Read

Letters: Equality boost is late in the day

We are told the Labour Party is going to field all-women lists of candidates in a number of London constituencies at the next general election, one of which is Ealing Central and Acton. Read

Letters: Trading out of the downturn

Councillor Dennehy was right to highlight the slight of hand by Ealing Council (Letters, March 1) in keeping its new rates of council tax unchanged, but there are other questions to be asked.Read

Letters: Boris should grip costly Connect

Thank you for highlighting the problems of overcrowding on the Piccadilly line to and from Heathrow, both with your Readers’ poll and your online article. Read

Letters: Why wasn't missing councillor's allowance frozen?

The gazette poll on whether the Perivale councillor who continued to claim allowances for attending meetings during a 5 month period when he was abroad and absent from duties should really be asking why he thought he had the right to do so and why no-one stopped him from abusing public money in such a way. Read

Letters: Survey doesn't tell whole story about Ealing Council

If you believed the article on 2012 Residents Survey in the current Around Ealing, which has just dropped though my letterbox, you’d be mistaken for thinking that Ealing Council provides an excellent service. Read

You have to admire the cheek

You have got to admire the cheekRead

Letters: Lib Dems wrongly claimed the credit

Letters published in the Ealing Gazette on February 8 2013.Read

Letters: At the end of the line for Hanwell Community Association Centre

After 74 years we are reaching the end of the line for Hanwell Community Association Centre Limited managing the building. Read

Letters: Residents deserve the credit for HGV campaign - not Lib Dems

It was with a heavy heart that I rose at the last Council meeting. Read

Your letters: No case made for free iPads

It was with great amusement that I read the letter from Cllr Benjamin Dennehy that you published last week about the fact that Ealing Council employees are receiving free iPads on the taxpayer. Read

Letters: Open letter to Ealing GPs

We are local residents involved in Keep Our NHS Public, Save Our Hospitals Ealing, Ealing TUC NHS Campaign, and Save the NHS Now Ealing.Read

Letters: Talk of fire stations closures is premature

I read with interest your story about the potential closure of Acton fire station, which was based on a leaked document that gave a number of examples of how different amounts of money might be saved.Read

Letters: Thanks to those runners who raised money for Epilepsy Action

Many congratulations to all those who ran in the first Ealing Half Marathon and also to the Ealing Gazette for their wonderful photographs and coverage.Read

Quick Links

Note to Self

Remember to remove the price tag!

"I find it completely impossible to live with any piece of fresh food with a sticker on it." Read Rachel Agnew's Note to Self column. Read

Bollywood

With Dev Patel

Dev Patel navigates the glamour and glitter of Bollywood to rub shoulders with the big names from the Indian film industry. Read

Pigeonman

Phil Zimmerman's wry look at Ealing

Phil 'Pigeonman' Zimmerman, the resident comic at the Drayton Comedy Club, offers his thoughts on life's big questions such as does God have a sense of humour? Read