Islington Green Party supports the petition to extend cycle hire scheme to the whole of Islington. We would particularly like to see docking stations in residential areas and on estates to make the scheme useful and accessible to a broad range of residents. We recognise that the hire scheme is not perfect, but its extension will benefit a wider […]
Month: June 2012
Green MP Caroline Lucas and RSPB support campaign against Network Rail
Green Party Leader Caroline Lucas MP and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds gave their support this week to Islington Green Party’s campaign against deforestation by Network Rail, which has denuded an area at Ashburton Triangle, Highbury and which threatens an area the size of the Forest of Dean nationally. Dr Lucas MP […]
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Islington Green Party calls on Council to listen to residents of estates on housing
The council’s intention to build new homes on existing estates is both sensible and necessary but from recent examples its approach on the ground seems in many cases arbitrary and unhelpfully rigid. Islingtonians recognise that we have a crying need for more affordable family housing and one of the biggest obstacles to this in a […]
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Islington Green Party reports Wildlife Crimes to Police after Trees are Destroyed at Ashburton Triangle N5
Earlier this week, Islington Green Party received reports from residents at Ashburton Triangle that over the weekend Network Rail had destroyed vast swathes of trees and greenery adjoining the railway line there during bird nesting season. We are challenging Network Rail’s shocking actions by all means available to us, including by: -Reporting the matter to […]