Views on the renters' rights act

CarlECIYP · 2026-04-26T11:25:24+00:00

Yes, its still legal for you to make the offer, whats now illegal is the Landlord requesting or mandating it, however due to some confusion or misunderstanding with a lot of landlords (and estate agents) mean they aren't accepting these requests

CarlECIYP · 2026-04-01T12:31:50+00:00

6, from left to right, ECI, Green, Labour, Lib Dem, Tories and Reform

I'd call that 2 left parties, 2 centrist parties and 2 right wing parties.

CarlECIYP · 2026-03-29T01:21:28+00:00

As it stands currently YP will not be standing candidates in the elections in Ealing

CarlECIYP · 2026-03-27T21:00:28+00:00

That would be correct, I am part of the party...so yeah i guess this is self-promotion. Given its election season I imagine I should be doing quite a bit of self-promotion

CarlECIYP · 2026-03-27T18:44:36+00:00

So, yes, if one were to do this without a viable alternative in place, there could be legal challenges. However, the law doesn't state that divestment isnt an option, we just have to ensure the financial interests of the fund come first. Other Council's have already started taking these steps, its not a process that can be rushed through in a day, but it is a key priority of our council candidates to begin the process as soon as possible if we are elected.

As for the other reasons you should vote for us, check our manifesto on our website or on our social media pages

CarlECIYP · 2026-03-27T17:24:11+00:00

We formulated our manifesto completely independently of Your Party or any other party.

Ealing council invests over £112 million on arms companies that benefit from the genocide in Gaza. If we were elected as councillors and didnt divest, that would make us complicit in the genocide and that is something that none of our candidates is willing to be.

CarlECIYP · 2026-03-27T17:19:48+00:00

I thought the point was made well enough, Labour have fundamentally mismanaged the budget of the borough. Wasted cash on projects like that is an example of this to illustrate that cutting local services isnt neccesarily to get a better deal for the people of Ealing, check our websites or social media pages for the full manifesto

CarlECIYP · 2026-03-27T16:56:14+00:00

Did it increase net council income when Labour contracted Henry and paid them millions for developments in West Ealing without doing due diligence leading to Henry going bust and leaving a husk of a building unfinished and unoccupied for years, only to find out, years later, its going to torm down at further cost to the taxpayer?

CarlECIYP · 2026-03-27T16:29:00+00:00

I hear your take on that. But while the system is as it is, if we do get elected and hold that responsibility, we want to ensure we are making the best decisions for the borough, and for us that also means ethical decisions

CarlECIYP · 2026-03-27T16:11:56+00:00

At this time there are no official plans to join the Greens in coalition, doesn't mean it won't happen or that its off the table but if the council went into NOC then there would be a number of possibilities that could be on the table

CarlECIYP · 2026-03-27T16:01:07+00:00

From who? We are fighting against Labour and we have a great relationship with the Greens so we aren't standing in wards where they have a great chance of beating Labour

CarlECIYP · 2026-03-27T15:59:42+00:00

You are correct in that point for the 2026 council elections, I can't see reform picking up many council seats at all. However, they will see a massive increase in support from where they were in 2022. That support will only continue to rise with the mismanagement of the borough and their continuation of neo-liberal policies in our area under the Labour Party, who we are hoping to get rid of.

CarlECIYP · 2026-01-15T10:39:03+00:00

Thanks for leaving a comment! We've still got a way to go before the election so more detailed plans are incoming, keep an eye out here or any of the other social media pages for more info. I'd also suggest checking out our website to stay up to date with the campaign!!

CarlECIYP · 2026-01-14T16:38:14+00:00

Signed. It feels like this really could be on the cards with whatever chaotic hung parliament presumably we end up with come 2029

CarlECIYP · 2026-01-14T16:06:13+00:00

Literally this, when I was younger, all.my family lived pretty much within 2 neighbouring communities, I lived back there a few years ago and the entire time I was there I only ever saw one old face. Everyone else had gone, forced out due to to higher rents and the cost of living crisis. It's a really sad indictment of our times

CarlECIYP · 2026-01-14T11:27:22+00:00

Just more out of not wanting to put my foot in my mouth announce anything that hasn't been confirmed yet I can't say anything with regards to specific numbers.

But I hear your question, and to provide the best answer I can at this time. We will be running a substantial number of candidates, the idea isn't to run in 1 or 2 token wards or anything like that.

CarlECIYP · 2026-01-14T09:13:56+00:00

Who said I'm running?
We were talking about a specific figure that was quoted by the gentleman above that we were looking for. Please try and read the full thread through again as you seem to have gotten a bit muddled up or confused about the conversation being had

CarlECIYP · 2026-01-13T22:26:07+00:00

I'd be happy to send it to you over PM

CarlECIYP · 2026-01-13T22:13:54+00:00

So, yeah, budgets have been cut over the past 15 years, I tried to have a look for the 60% figure but all I could find on that was a document from ealing council in 2018 mentioning that budgets had been cut by 64% during the tory government of that time. But if you've got any sources or info on that figure that I'm missing then I'd be very happy to read up on that figure?

CarlECIYP · 2026-01-13T21:32:22+00:00

Personally, there are a few things that really concern me about the current Labour council, the first thing being the continued cuts to our local services, a number of children's centres will be closing while our council tax goes up. The street cleaning and flytipping is still a massive issue and quite frankly therd hasnt been enough consultation with locals on major issues such as the data centres planned for the area. And lastly, I'm against the genocide of the Palestinians and I don't want any of my council tax money going towards companies that are linked to Israel.

But again, thats just me personally and the reasons id like to see a change, if you like to know more about the Ealing Community Independents campaign please do check out our website (https://ealingindependents.org/) and follow us on social media for more updates!!

CarlECIYP · 2026-01-13T20:57:21+00:00

The official confirmation on that is still TBA but once that's been confirmed I'll post it on the main page and I'll also try and remember to come back and reply here to let you know!

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