Islington’s Labour Council is determined to make our borough a fairer and more equal place. This is why the Leader of the Council, Catherine West and the Islington Mayor, Phil Kelly, have given special dispensation for the Rainbow Flag to fly from Islington Town Hall during LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) History Month. This [...]
Residents on the Elthorne Estate have welcomed the installation of a new CCTV camera to monitor a trouble hotspot near Partington Close. Problems – including loitering, anti-social drinking and drug taking – have been building in a walkway in the North East side of the estate, near to Elthorne Park. The local community felt that CCTV [...]
Tuesday 3rd January was the first day back at work after the Christmas break, for many commuters in Islington. It was also the first time in 2012 that many will have noticed the huge, inflation-busting fare increases imposed on them by the Conservative Mayor of London. At every train station in Islington –tube, overground and [...]
This year has been a tough one for our community. Islington is being hit harder than anywhere else in London by the Conservative-led Government’s massive, unfair cuts. At the same time, the Conservative Mayor is taking away the local police sergeants that help keep our streets safe. Despite this, your Labour Council is working hard to [...]
Yesterday, 12 December, a mere six weeks after the policy was announced, the Conservative-led Government slashed the Feed-in Tariff – a scheme which helped people to install renewable technology, drive jobs and growth in the green economy and help those on low incomes with their fuel bills. Despite this extraordinarily tight deadline, Islington’s Labour Council [...]
The Nation, is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States of America. It was established by people slave trade abolitionists in 1865 and has seen contributions from several illustrious writers including: Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King Jr., Christopher Hitchens, T. S. Eliot, Jean-Paul Sartre, John Maynard Keynes and Islington’s very own George [...]
Islington’s Labour Council is calling on the Conservative Mayor to reverse his unfair fare increases in a motion at next week’s Council meeting (Thursday 8 December). The Conservative Mayor has hiked bus, tube and train fares above inflation every year for the past four years in a move that has seen the cost of a [...]
Statement from Cllr Catherine West, Leader of the Council and Cllr James Murray, Executive Member for Housing We congratulate the staff of Homes for Islington for delivering the biggest investment ever in our council homes, at the forefront of the last Labour government’s ambitious national programme to improve our public housing. Homes for Islington and [...]
Islington Labour’s local St. Peter’s Councillors – Gary Doolan (far left) and Alice Perry (second from left) – recently took a tour around the regeneration of the Packington Estate. On taking office in Islington last year, Labour inherited a Borough with chronically high levels of overcrowding. There were 3,000 overcrowded properties in the Borough and 350 [...]
As a Labour Council we understand that nutrition and healthy eating is crucial in closing the gap between rich and poor and helping everyone to fulfil their potential. Good nutrition helps young people to concentrate and learn and helps older people to stay healthy. We therefore take the issue of nutrition for all age groups [...]
