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24th April 2014 by Islington Green Party
Charlie Kiss, Green Party candidate for Highbury West ward, writes: “At the weekend, I met a woman in Highbury who told me she had had to move because of the bedroom tax. She was very angry with the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats for bringing in this law resulting in a significant reduction in housing benefit […]
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22nd April 2014 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party has launched its manifesto for the Borough council elections next month – promising to work for an economy which puts people first, hold the Town Hall to account, promote equality and diversity, and protect our environment and health. The full document can be downloaded here. The last time Islington went to the […]
Islington Green Party was buoyed today by Islington’s boating community coming out in support for the Greens, for the upcoming local election. Islington is home to hundreds of individuals who live in boats across the waterways of Islington. Leading members of the community recently endorsed Green candidates in the borough, in light of the Greens […]
15th April 2014 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party is supporting all 16 of the London Cycling Campaign’s (LCC) ‘asks’ to improve Islington’s roads. Candidates standing for Islington Greens have a consistent track record on active cycle campaigning, including improving the Madras Place crossing, the Londoners on Bikes Mayoral Election campaign 2012, and supporting LCC campaign rides and Roadpeace vigils across […]
14th April 2014 by Islington Green Party
The Leader of the Green Party, Natalie Bennett, will present the Green Party’s vision for housing in London, at a public meeting in Highbury this evening. The meeting will be held on Monday April 14th from 8pm at Sotheby Mews Day Centre, Sotheby Road, N5 2UT. Islington is suffering an acute housing crisis. Essential workers, […]
11th April 2014 by Islington Green Party
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5th April 2014 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party is proud to announce a full slate of 48 candidates for Islington’s council elections this May – with 25 women and 23 men aiming to get a Green voice back on Islington Council. We are particularly proud to have more women than men on the ballot paper. The local party is now […]
3rd April 2014 by Islington Green Party
Disability Action in Islington will tomorrow (Friday) hold a hustings to hear from candidates for next month’s council elections in Islington on how they will stand up for rights and services for disabled people in the Borough. The hustings will be held at Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, starting at 2pm. You can watch […]
2nd April 2014 by Islington Green Party
While London and the South East are enveloped in polluting smog and residents are warned to avoid outdoor exercise, Islington Greens are calling on Islington Labour to join their London Borough of Westminster colleagues in calling for Boris to widen the central London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) proposed for 2020. The Mayor’s initial response […]
31st March 2014 by Islington Green Party
Ofgem’s decision to investigate the Big Six energy companies for not being competitive enough is hardly a great surprise but more surprising would be the idea that anyone outside government, Ofgem and the energy industry itself thinks more competition would be good for consumers. All the energy companies do is buy energy from the same […]
25th March 2014 by Islington Green Party
Islington Greens are encouraging EU and Commonwealth citizens to register to vote. London is home to many thousands of EU and Commonwealth citizens, who are eligible to vote in the local and European Elections in May but in many cases don’t know it. Islington alone boasts 15,000 EU citizens [1] but the turnout rate among […]
18th March 2014 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party council candidate Caroline Russell this week said it is unacceptable that the council continues to pay some staff as limited companies – allowing them to dodge income tax. At a Policy and Performance Scrutiny council meeting this month, it emerged that some staff working in areas such as IT and […]
7th March 2014 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party stands right behind the campaign from local residents and shopkeepers to stop a supermarket taking over the former police station on Blackstock Road. Make no mistake – research shows that supermarkets do not bring jobs into an area. On the contrary, they destroy them, automated service areas being just one reason. […]
25th February 2014 by Islington Green Party
A demonstration outside the Australian Embassy in London yesterday joined a series of worldwide protests in expressing mounting outrage at Australia’s asylum policy. “Light the dark” candlelight vigils have protested against mounting worries over Australian governmental asylum policy. A recent riot at Australia’s notorious detention centres, ended in the death of Reza Barati a 23 […]
14th February 2014 by Islington Green Party
The controversial Mount Pleasant site in south Islington will this month play host to one of a number of protest actions as part of a London-wide Green Party campaign for fairer housing developments, built for Londoners rather than investors. The campaign – called Crumbs for London – was launched last week by Green Party London Assembly member Darren Johnson, […]
11th February 2014 by Islington Green Party
Caroline Allen, Islington-based Green Party candidate for the European elections in May, wrote a column last week for leading LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) news website PinkNews.co.uk, on how the government has failed those fleeing homophobic and transphobic persecution. In the piece, she writes how it is “testament to our city that London […]
10th February 2014 by Islington Green Party
After sustained pressure from campaigners and overwhelming evidence of dire health effects from air pollution, London’s Mayor has finally seen the light and is proposing introduction of an Ultra-Low Emission Zone for the existing congestion zone in 2020. This would already include parts of Islington, and our proposal is simply asking Boris to extend the […]
Teachers are on strike this week at the STEM 6 Academy, a newly opened free school on City Road, for students aged 16 -18 wanting to specialise in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. Teachers were individually coerced into signing harsh contracts before Christmas and now wish to obtain union recognition in order to re-negotiate these […]
7th February 2014 by Islington Green Party
London Mayor Boris Johnson is abandoning his pre-election pledge and will be closing every Tube ticket office by 2015, as well as cutting 953 station jobs, removing supervisors from many stations, and cutting frontline staff while creating more managers. Islington Green Party council candidate Charlie Kiss asked: “When did Londoners get the opportunity to give […]
6th February 2014 by Islington Green Party
A letter to Mayor Johnson asking for Islington to be included in the Mayor’s proposed Ultra Low Emission Zone to clean up our air by 2020 was handed to the Environment Committee of the London Assembly ahead of their meeting this morning. The committee is due to discuss the Mayor’s proposed Ultra Low Emission […]
27th January 2014 by Islington Green Party
Islington Council’s Executive meeting on 14 January decided unanimously that Safer Neighbourhood Police meetings should be amalgamated with Ward Partnership meetings. The latter were established on the abolition of Area Committees after the 2010 election by the then new Labour Council. This raises two questions: How will this arrangement work in wards such as Highbury East […]
17th January 2014 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party has condemned the Post Office’s plans for the massive development of the Mount Pleasant site, which straddles the Islington and Camden council boundaries. Local activist Michael Coffey has called on Islington Council and the Mayor’s office to reject the proposals, which would see a forest of skyscrapers in a gated, private, fortress […]
9th January 2014 by Islington Green Party
The leader of the Green Party, Natalie Bennett, today said it was “a day to mourn” as she joined local people to mark the last day of Clerkenwell fire station, one of ten closed down today by London Mayor Boris Johnson. Natalie said: “As we stand here today outside Europe’s oldest first station, we see […]
12th December 2013 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party can sympathise with Councillor Watts’ frustration at the Minister of Justice’s complacent response to his criticism of Atos, but it is hard to forget that it was the Labour government in 1998 that gave Atos a seven year contract to harass disabled persons of working age, and renewed the contract for a […]