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 [...]

Cllr Barbara Sidnell – Islington’s Executive Member for Crime and Community Safety – has responded to concerns from the community by bringing in a Dispersal Order in Finsbury Park to keep people safe over the Halloween and Bonfire Night period. The Dispersal Order, agreed jointly by the Islington Police and Islington Council, relates to the [...]

The man in charge of Islington’s housing, has highlighted how a lack of social housing available in inner-city areas like ours is pushing up the cost of benefits for Government and Councils alike. Speaking to John Humphrys for the BBC’s Future State of Welfare programme, aired on 26 October, Cllr James Murray, Islington’s Executive Member [...]

People of all ages in Islington and the surrounding areas can look forward to decades of high-quality sport after Islington’s Labour Council secured £50,000 from Sport England’s Protecting Playing Fields Olympic legacy fund for improvements to Tufnell Park playing fields. The funding will be used for the re-grading, levelling and drainage works to two football [...]

Yesterday, a delegation from Islington Pensioners Forum travelled to City Hall to deliver a clear message to the Mayor of London and the big energy companies –they must do more to help people who are falling into fuel poverty. The delegation – which included both of Islington’s Older People’s Champions and Cllr Janet Burges, Islington’s [...]

By Cllr Janet Burgess, Executive Member for Health and Adult Social Care Islington Labour doesn’t like to shirk a challenge.  Which is a good job, because under the Government’s new funding formula we face the biggest cuts in cash terms of any London borough. One of the major challenges we are tackling is fuel poverty [...]

Since launching our campaign to spend £50,000 of Olympics money on sports events for the young – instead of disposable decorative bunting – we have received many supportive emails from local people. You can read all about the campaign here, and see some of the positive feedback here.

Hundreds of people visited the Islington Labour stand at the Angel Canal Festival on Sunday 4 September. There was strong support for the Islington Labour petition against cuts to front line policing, including cross party support with an Islington Liberal Democrat Councillor signing the petition. St Peter’s Councillors Gary Doolan, Martin Klute and Alice Perry [...]

Islington Labour Leader, Cllr Catherine West, has today welcomed the decision of the Metropolitan Police to request a ban on the English Defence League march in Tower Hamlets.  It is widely believed that the Home Secretary will agree to the police’s request. Catherine was one of 17 politicians from across the capital who signed a [...]

Islington Labour Leader, Cllr Catherine West has written to Sebastian Coe to ask him to allow the borough to spend Olympics money on sports events for the young, instead of disposable decorative bunting. The Mayor’s Office has made £50,000 available to every London borough, but has insisted they spend this on celebratory “dressing” to be [...]