Ed Miliband, the Leader of the Labour Party, spent this Wednesday morning speaking to local young people at the Platform Centre in Holloway. In a week that another set of atrocious job figures were released, he decided to visit Platform to hear directly from young people about their experiences of searching for work in Cameron’s [...]
Cllr Catherine West, leader of Islington’s Labour Council recently attended the public launch meeting of Islington Unite Against Fascism at the Finsbury Park Mosque. The launch was a perfect example of how Britain’s multicultural society works, with men and women of all faiths, nationalities and backgrounds uniting to defend their community from fascism and racism. [...]
Local people in Barnsbury are celebrating a victory in their campaign to bring trees back to Richmond Crescent and are now planning to toast their success with a street party in April! Traditionally the Crescent had included trees, but these were dying and had to be removed over the last year. This left one side [...]
This month, the first families have begun to take up residence in their new homes on the regenerated Packington Estate. Increasing the availability of genuinely affordable social housing for local families is Islington Labour’s number one priority, and the regeneration of the Packington is the latest step towards this ambitious goal. Cllr James Murray, Executive [...]
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 [...]
