Islington Green Party welcomes the draft report of the Fairness Commission and congratulates the Labour council on commissioning it and all the work that has gone into its production.
Its findings are certainly stark; how sad that we should find ourselves in this situation after so long under a Labour government. Now under this coalition it’s going to be even harder to get us back on the right track of equality and a fair chance for everyone in Islington.
However, we are pleased to see some real positive proposals, such as the London Living Wage, something Green London Assembly members and councillors have been promoting for years.
The Green Party has long been promoting positive proposals to tackle inequality and recognises the complex relationships between issues such as housing, transport, green space and mental and physical health.
With its decisions on issues such as Roamer parking and the NCH development, the Labour council has yet to convince us that it really ‘gets it’, but we hope to see some improvement following this report.
We will continue to campaign to ensure the issues covered in this report are addressed and, like Andy Hull, we don’t want to see this important piece of work as “just another report that gathers dust on the shelf”.