Saturday 8th June march to save our fire stations
Save Our Hospital
Creating a fairer Islington
Islington Council opens Advice Bureau
At the annual meeting of full Council on Thursday 16th May Cllr Barry Edwards was elected as Mayor of Islington; with Highbury West Cllr Theresa Debono elected as deputy Mayor. Barry has been a councillor for Holloway Ward since 2006 and was raised in Finsbury Park. He has lived in Finsbury Park, Holloway, Crouch Hill [...]
A major march and rally on Saturday 8th June 2013 is being organised in protest against the Tory Mayor of London’s plans to cut twelve fire stations in London. Camden, Hackney (Kingsland) and Clerkenwell Fire Stations are all under threat and it is anticipated that thousands of Londoners from the above boroughs will gather in Highbury [...]
Following ratification at Islington Labour Group Annual General Meeting (Monday 22 April), Cllr Catherine West has announced her new Executive Member team for 2013-14. The new team will comprise: Cllr Catherine West, Leader of the Council Cllr Janet Burgess, Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Health & Wellbeing Cllr Joe Caluori, Executive Member for Children [...]
A pedestrian countdown – an electronic sign which tells people how long they have to cross the road – has been installed by TFL at Highbury Corner, after fierce lobbying from Islington’s Labour Councillors. The busy crossing on Holloway Road outside Highbury and Islington Station was the scene of a serious accident last November, which [...]
Earlier this year the Tory Mayor of London announced plans to close Clerkenwell and Kingsland fire stations that serve our borough. Our fire stations are an essential part of keeping Islington safe and our brave fire-fighters are a valued part of our community – we want to keep it that way. We have been fighting [...]
The Home Office has today (Tuesday 9 April) reinstated permission for London Met University to recruit and teach foreign students. On hearing the news, Cllr Catherine West, Leader of Islington Council said: “I’m pleased that the government has called-off its attack on London Met and I’m delighted for the many international students I met during this [...]
Islington Labour increased its share of the vote to achieve the largest percentage of the vote recorded by Labour in any election since 1997 in electing Kat Fletcher in St Georges Ward and Kaya Makarau- Schwartz. Cllr Paul Smith said “Islington Labour’s great result is due to the 8000 conversations our members had on the [...]
Yesterday (Monday 18 March) Cllr Richard Greening joined Shadow Small Business Minister Toby Perkins MP and Labour Councillors from across the capital at the London launch of the Labour Councillors Business Network (LCBN). The LCBN has been set up to give Labour councillors a forum to share ideas, resources and work together to help secure [...]
Help elect Kaya Makarau Schwartz and Kat Fletcher in Islington. Join Islington Labour as we campaign across the two wards of Junction and St George’s on our double by-election polling day. We need you from 6am – 10pm on Thursday 21st March to help with delivery and doorknocking. Please join us at one of two [...]
To celebrate St Patrick’s Day, Islington council today raised the Irish flag above the Town Hall for the first time in the borough’s history. This historic occasion was witnessed by members of the local Irish community, councillors, the Mayor of Islington Jilani Chowdhury, local MP Emily Thornberry and leader of the council Catherine West. Organiser [...]
