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By Catherine West We can’t undo all the damage created by unfair government cuts, cuts that hit Islington harder than any other London borough.  But we can use our dented shield to set a budget that prioritises our most disadvantaged residents and the services that our low income families rely on.  That is what we [...]

Islington Labour Councillors have published the Council’s draft annual budget.  The borough’s budget has been savaged by the Tory Lib Dem Government as part of its £335 million cuts to Islington’s community services over four years.  The council has lost £40 million in Government funding for services this year.  With other cost increases, the Council [...]

Over 700 homes in estates in Bunhill are set to benefit from cheaper heat as a new green heating scheme gets the go ahead. Details of the initiative, which is expect to start working in 2012, will be on show at the St Luke’s Centre, 90 Central Street, EC1V 8AJ on Thursday 17 February between 2pm and [...]

A BBC News report has warned that the government’s changes to housing benefit will increase homelessness and overcrowding – whilst pushing lower-income households out of central London into the city’s outer boroughs. The report raised the case of Islington resident Clarissa Pilgrim, who lives in the borough with her 10-year-old son and 5-month-old daughter. Ms [...]

By Mildmay Councillor Kate Groucutt; One afternoon last week several blocks on the Mayville Estate in Mildmay faced a powercut which continued into the evening. The time when energy company EDF expected to fix the problem got later and later, and I was concerned that families with children, older people and those with health conditions might [...]

72% of Islington students gained five or more A*- C grades in their GCSE exams last year, an increase on the previous all-time best

Londoners are facing a double Tory fares increase bombshell that will hit them hard. Conservative Mayor Boris Johnson is increase fares above-inflation this January for the third year in a row and Conservative Chancellor George Osborne is hitting rail users with fare rises averaging more than SIX percent – with many up by more than [...]

A message from Catherine West, Leader of Islington Council: This year, I decided to cancel the usual Leader’s Christmas party for the great and the good in order to bring some Christmas cheer to some of Islington’s pensioners. Members of Islington’s staff, councillors and the Mayor of the borough all worked to make it happen. [...]

As part of Islington Labour’s work to support council tenants, the Labour Council is pioneering a groundbreaking new initiative to insulate council homes. The borough’s Victorian street council properties will benefit from solid wall insulation under Islington Council’s Issyclad programme, the biggest of its kind in Britain. The works sees an extra layer fixed to [...]