Cllr Andy Hull, Co-Chair of the Islington Fairness Commission Last year the Citizens Advice Bureau in England and Wales dealt with 8,652 new debt problems every day. Not all of the UK’s £1.4 trillion outstanding personal debt is problematic, but that which is can be crippling, and it affects people of every background and class. [...]
By Cllr Charlynne Pullen, Caledonian Ward One of the exciting things about being a Councillor in Islington is that we are a Borough which is not afraid to be innovative and try new solutions to reduce inequality and promote fairness. I am most reminded of this when something we are doing gets the attention of [...]
By Cllr Alice Perry, St Peter’s Ward Higher education in Europe is going through the biggest changes since the Renaissance. With the UK’s Conservative-Liberal Democrat government increasing tuition fees, cutting university places and slashing universities’ budgets, the debate around improving access is often overlooked. The UK is highly unequal. Fair access matters. Fair access is [...]
By Cllr Jean Roger Kaseki, Tollington Ward I fled the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the late nineties. At that time civil war was erupting, the slaughter of children was beginning and political activists were being imprisoned and murdered. Ten million people died in the conflict that followed. What is now left is a [...]
Cllr Alice Perry (St. Peters Ward) is standing for Labour’s National Policy Forum. Here is her campaign statement. “London is one of the richest cities in Europe, but has the worst poverty of any city in Western Europe. On the street I live on people on one side live almost 10 years longer than their [...]
In some families on our estates, three successive generations have never worked and have not experienced the benefits of employment such as independence, self-esteem and providing for their families. The government’s harsh cuts – which are falling hard and fast on the poor – could make matters worse. This is something we are working hard [...]
By Cllr Mouna Hamitouche, Barnsbury Ward, At last week’s Islington Full Council meeting I spoke in a debate on Children’s Services. The debate was prompted by an Ofsted Report which gave our local Children’s Services department an “excellent” report and rating. I wanted to use my speech to thank everyone involved for their hard work [...]
By Cllr Marian Spall, Hillrise Ward I gave two speeches at last week’s Full Council meeting (8 December 2011). The first was in recognition of the Council’s Children’s Services Department, which Ofsted recently ranked as one of only 28 Councils in the whole country to provide an “excellent” service. I wanted to place on the [...]
By Cllr Claudia Webbe, Bunhill Ward This is a copy of the speech I gave at the Islington Full Council meeting on 8 December 2011. It was to second a motion criticising the Government for rushing through a cut to the Feed-in Tariff and calling on the Energy Secretary to reverse his disastrous decision. I [...]
By Cllr Jean Roger Kaseki, Islington Labour’s Equality Champion The United Nations marked December 3rd as International Day of the Disabled Person. Here in Islington we are holding celebrations for this today – Wednesday 7th December. At Islington Council we are working with Leonard Cheshire Disability, and Centre 404 are holding a special free event [...]
