The cabinet has ten members, including Councillor Mason, the leader of the council, and Councillor Costigan, deputy leader.
Each member has a specific area of responsibility (also known as a portfolio) and is accountable for the council's everyday decision-making process. The role and responsibility of a cabinet member include:
- initiating policy
- making decisions and implementing council policies within their portfolio
- acting as spokesperson for the council on services and functions within their portfolio
- being a member of cabinet and sharing the collective responsibility for decisions taken by the cabinet
- developing partnership working with other organisations in the borough
Cabinet members and a brief overview of their portfolio areas
- Leader: Cllr Peter Mason
Email: masonpe@ealing.gov.uk
Twitter: @_petermason
Policy and performance, reform and transformation, media and communications, community engagement
Duties and responsibilities:- manifesto delivery
- policy overview
- major projects oversight
- performance management
- strategy and change
- community engagement strategy
- civil protection
- elections
- Local Strategic Partnership
- communications, marketing, and public affairs
- Deputy leader and climate action: Cllr Deirdre Costigan
Email: CostiganD@ealing.gov.uk
Twitter: @deirdrecostigan
Active travel, climate crisis, highways, recycling and waste reduction, parks and green space, renewable energy
Duties and responsibilities:- climate action and sustainability
- air quality
- strategic transport strategy and policy
- TfL relations and LIP funding
- Active Travel (with healthy lives portfolio)
- recycling, refuse, plastics, waste disposal and reduction
- street cleansing
- street lighting
- environmental enforcement
- waterways, canal paths and bridleways
- road safety
- traffic and congestion
- parking, enforcement and CPZs
- highways and footways
- renewable energy
- Gunnersbury Park
- trees, parks and countryside
- Inclusive economy - Cllr Steve Donnelly
Email: DonnellyS@ealing.gov.uk
Twitter: @SteveDW3
Finance, procurement, human resources, community wealth building (pension strategy remains the function of the Pensions Panel), social impact
Duties and responsibilities:- budget and finance
- community wealth building
- social value and impact
- digital borough
- digital council
- capital resources
- income
- investment and external funding
- central government grants
- risk management
- fire health and safety (corporate)
- pension strategy performance
- equality and diversity (internal)
- ICT and facilities
- strategic procurement
- human resources, internal training and skills
- employee relations
- legal services
- democratic services
- customer services and complaints
- registrars
- Tackling inequality - Cllr Jasbir Anand
Email: Jasbir.Anand@ealing.gov.uk
Twitter: @JasbirAnand2
Public health, youth offending, eliminating violence against women and girls, youth service, policing, antisocial behaviour
Duties and responsibilities:- public health – wider determinants of health and health improvement (with Healthy Lives portfolio)
- youth service
- youth offending
- community safety (including ASB, drugs action and crime prevention)
- police liaison
- CCTV
- disabilities
- eliminating violence against women and girls
- equality and diversity (external)
- gypsy, Roma and traveller community liaison
- cemeteries and crematoria
- faith and community groups
- community cohesion
- Safe and genuinely affordable homes - Cllr Bassam Mahfouz
Email: bassam.mahfouz@ealing.gov.uk
Twitter: @BassamMahfouz
Temporary accommodation, housing demand, homelessness, and housing management
Duties and responsibilities:- The Social Housing Regulator referral and recovery plan
- housing asset management
- estate management
- fire health and safety (housing)
- HRA including business plan
- housing allocations
- tenancy management including housing hubs
- homelessness and temporary accommodation management
- housing strategy (with good growth and new homes)
- Tenants Union
- private housing sector supply and leasing
- private rental sector licensing
- Good growth and new housing - Councillor Shital Manro
Email: ManroS@ealing.gov.uk
Twitter: @cllrshitalmanro
Planning, major projects, council property, regeneration strategy, new homes
Duties and responsibilities:- land charges
- council property and assets
- Local Plan and planning policy
- building and development control
- new housing supply, including HRA and Broadway Living
- estate renewal
- temporary accommodation (acquisition)
- Healthy lives - Cllr Josh Blacker
Email: BlackerJ@ealing.gov.uk
Twitter: @jkblacker
Public health, older people, adult social care, mental health, NHS
Duties and responsibilities:- public health – health protection and premature mortality (with tackling inequality portfolio)
- Active Travel (with climate action portfolio)
- NHS relations
- Integrated Care System and Partnership
- NWL Health Accountability Board
- adult social care
- assessment and care services for older people and adults with needs arising from disabilities and mental health
- accommodation and day activities
- promoting independence
- safeguarding adults
- mental health
- supporting people
- disability facilities grants, handyperson scheme and other grants
- sheltered housing
- A fairer start - Cllr Kamaljit Kaur Nagpal
Email: Nagpalkk@ealing.gov.uk
Twitter: @kamnagpal
Children’s social care, school’s performance, child poverty, SEN
Duties and responsibilities:- children’s social care
- child poverty
- fostering and adoption
- child protection
- children’s homes
- home/school transport
- looked after children
- nursery education and childcare
- play service
- primary and secondary education
- school music and library service
- special educational needs
- Ealing Learning Partnership
- Decent living incomes - Cllr Louise Brett
Email: brettl@ealing.gov.uk
Community wealth building, licensing, economic regeneration, skills, employment welfare reform, business support, further and higher education
Duties and responsibilities:- COVID19 recovery
- economic development
- community wealth building (with inclusive economy portfolio)
- community development
- post 16 education
- adult education
- benefits
- apprenticeships
- skills
- employment
- welfare reform
- business support
- financial inclusion
- pre-employment programmes
- economic resilience
- economic regeneration
- job clubs and brokerage
- further education and higher education
- regulatory services (environmental health, trading standards, licensing and community health and safety)
- Thriving communities - Cllr Polly Knewstub
Email: knewstubp@ealing.gov.uk
Twitter: @PKnewstub- sports and leisure centres (with healthy lives portfolio)
- sports development (with healthy lives portfolio)
- halls and community centres
- volunteering and community sector (including VCS grants)
- libraries
- neighbourhood coordination and town forums
- public toilets
- Pitzhanger Manor
- culture, heritage and arts
- tourism
- Ealing festivals and events
- refugees and asylum seekers
- Neighbourhood governance, volunteering, faith and community groups, libraries, sports, leisure and community centres, community cohesion, cemeteries and crematoria
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