Licensing and Kitchen Waste

Spent most of the day with one eye – or at least two ears - on the Oval.

In the evening, we held our monthly all-members Labour Party meeting in Acton. The early part of the meeting was spent discussing local Acton issues – I particularly talked about the licensing position, and reported the concern of East Acton residents about the proposal from the local Goldsmiths Arms to open until two in the morning.

Wartime Poster for Kitchen Waste

We also talked about the improvements that the Labour Council are introducing in recycling. From October, our new ‘Clean and Green’ contractors – a local social enterprise called ECTR – will be rolling out household recycling of kitchen and organic waste. This will start in Acton Central ward and, if the pilots are successfull, will subsequently reach East Acton ward from 2006.

Our guest speaker was the new leader of the Council, Cllr Leo Thomson. Leo(nora) is the first woman to lead the Labour Group of LB Ealing, and has really hit the ground running since her election in May. Leo led a discussion that ranged through social services, education and environmental issues, and as ever the discussion continued after the meeting in the Kings Head round the corner.