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24th February 2018 by Islington Green Party
Dear Editor I was interested in the story of Anthony Wilkinson and his campaign against plastic straws in Islington, (Gazette Feb 15th) tweeting pubs and restaurants one by one. Suddenly everybody is alarmed about the scale of plastic pollution, especially after David Attenborough’s TV programme showing what it does to wildlife and the oceans. Single […]
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4th February 2018 by Islington Green Party
The Holloway Road bridge-works are finally coming to an end, so what will happen next? We’ve been promised the Highbury Corner roundabout will be removed, to create a better ‘gateway’ to the area and improve conditions for bus-users, pedestrians and cyclists, but results of the previous consultation have been expected for more than a year. […]
3rd February 2018 by Islington Green Party
We have watched the failure of Carillion, the plundering of pension funds to pay fat cat bonuses and the tightening squeeze on living standards for the lower paid. Conservative supporters celebrated the sale of Council houses to sitting tenants (and many now let them privately as the buyers take their profit): we all now wonder […]
2nd February 2018 by Islington Green Party
Council Tax is an expense the borough’s lowest income households simply can’t afford. Islington does discount some of its tax rates but still too many of our poorest families are falling into arrears. Issuing court summons to people with no money is intimidating, an ineffective way of raising revenue and a waste of council resources. […]