Monday 15 August : Local children from the Toffee Park Adventure Group enjoyed the sun and sand at King’s Square, as local Bunhill Councillor, Claudia Webbe (back row, centre) declared the new community facilities “open for use”. Background Bunhill Councillor, Claudia Webbe joined local children from the Toffee Park Adventure Group yesterday, to try [...]
The Conservative Mayor of London is now facing calls from voters to immediately reverse his cuts to police as Labour scored an emphatic by-election victory in his own back-yard in the first electoral test of Conservative Police cuts after the recent riots. Labour won a massive 52.5% of the vote in St Peter’s ward – [...]
The Conservative Mayor has said this morning (Wednesday 10 August) on the Radio 4 Today programme and LBC news that it would be a “good thing” if Ministers had another look at the issue of police cuts. In response, Cllr Catherine West, Leader of Islington Council said: “the sheer hypocrisy of Boris Johnson is breathtaking. [...]
Cllr Catherine West (left), Leader of Islington Council has been actively visiting local businesses to assess the damage caused by some of the overnight disturbances in our borough. She has been meeting local people to find out exactly the problems they have been facing, and to offer support and assistance. Compared to elsewhere in London, [...]
Cllr Richard Watts, Executive Member for Children and Families said: “It’s great news that Islington’s primary school children have achieved their highest test results ever. More of our children than ever are going to secondary school well prepared for this step up. Giving all children a good start in life is crucial to making Islington [...]
Islington’s Executive Member for Children and Families, Cllr Richard Watts, today expressed concern that changes to school funding being suggested by the Conservative/Lib Dem government may cut money from Islington schools for the benefit of the leafy shires. In a speech to Parliament last week – which has not been widely reported in the wake [...]
The Clerkenwell Labour Party joined residents and local businesses to join in the fun of the Amwell Street fair this Sunday (July 17). Braving the weather, local members of the Labour party ran a unique interpretation of the one-armed bandit by staging a Human Fruit Machine. Clerkenwell Councillor, Steph Charalambous, said: “Three of us stood [...]
Clerkenwell’s Labour Councillors today celebrated victory in their campaign to safeguard community facilities at Charles Rowan House on Margery Street. In March, in response to the concerns of local residents that new housing in the building could impact on the local community facilities – local Labour Councillors Steph Charalambous and Raphael Andrews began looking for [...]
Residents, local businesses and local Labour Councillors today welcomed news that that CCTV cameras will be installed in Whitecross Street in Bunhill. Local businesses have been highlighting the problem of anti-social behaviour, shoplifting and dangerous scooter racing down the street for years – but the previous Lib Dem administration on Islington Council refused to listen [...]
