Green Councillor Caroline Russell proposed a motion to Islington Council last night to take in a number of Syrian refugees using the government’s Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme as proposed by Citizens UK in December. Islington Labour squashed the motion with an amendment that deleted the action to take in a mere 50 refugees and instead […]
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Last week, on behalf of short changed council tenants, sole Green Councillor Caroline Russell asked at the meeting of the Full Council why Islington Labour were overcharging council tenants for their energy bills.1 Outrage has been building over the council’s energy bills system, which results in council tenants paying hundreds more pounds than leaseholders and […]
Islington Council this week made a budget commitment(1) to give fourteen Greenspace(2) agency staff full time contracts following months of campaigning by Islington Green Party. Opposition councillor Caroline Russell and local Greens are celebrating this change of heart from the Labour-run council which will see workers receive job security and full employee rights. This […]
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