Islington Council’s Crime Chief, Cllr Paul Convery, has called on the Conservative Mayor of London to reverse his cuts to police numbers in Islington and to return the Safer Neighbourhood Teams in the Borough to their full strength. The Tory Mayor’s new nominee as Deputy for Policing and Crime, Stephen Greenhalgh, has stated that he [...]
Cllr Jilani Chowdhury of Barnsbury Ward has become Islington’s first ever Bangladeshi Mayor. He was born in Moulvibazar, Bangladesh and graduated with a Batchelor of Arts. As a student he was proactive in the student movement which was the main driver for political change, removal of the military dictatorship and restoring democracy in Bangladesh. Cllr [...]
Councillor Catherine West, Leader of Islington Council, has today announced that she has asked Cllr Robert Khan, Labour Councillor for Bunhill Ward to be the council’s ‘Arts Champion’ over the coming year. She will formally announce this at Islington’s Annual Council meeting tonight (Thursday 10 May). Councillor Robert Khan said: “I am delighted to be Islington’s new [...]
Islington Labour won a third emphatic by-election victory in the last year as Rakhia Ismail was returned as the new Councillor for Holloway. Ms Ismail won a huge 57% of the vote representing an unprecedented 14% swing from the Liberal Democrats As recently as 2006 the Liberal Democrats had three Councillors in the Holloway Ward, [...]
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Labour Party members in Holloway have selected Rakhia Ismail to be the Labour Party candidate for Holloway ward for the by-election on Thursday 3 May. Ms Ismail said “I am proud to have lived in Islington for 19 years and raised my four children here with my husband. I love Islington and would be honoured [...]
Islington Labour joins the campaign against payday loan companies
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Last September, vulnerable residents across Islington celebrated as Islington Labour’s campaign to save their Plus Bus was declared a success. After months of tireless campaigning from Islington’s Labour Council, the Conservative Mayor of London finally caved in and agreed to let us use the annual grant Transport for London gives to the Borough – know [...]
On 28th February, Islington’s Labour Council passed the budget for the following year. This is the speech Cllr Richard Greening, our Executive Member for Finance, delivered at the meeting. It highlights how we are delivering fairness despite the opposition of the Conservative Government and Conservative Mayor of London. ” Mr Mayor, setting a budget is never [...]
Last night, 1 March 2012, Cllr James Murray, Islington’s Executive Member for Housing appeared on the BBC to talk about our pioneering “social rent” model. You can watch a clip here. Islington was the first Borough in London to rule out using the Coalition Government’s “Affordable Rent” programme because we feel it is a one [...]
