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22nd November 2013 by Islington Green Party
It is clear from the letters sent to last week’s Islington Tribune that local people in Islington are not only very concerned to hear that deaths due to air pollution are increasing, but can see for themselves that the Council is fundamentally wrong in saying nothing more can be done in the Borough. Caroline Allen, […]
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21st November 2013 by Islington Green Party
Islington Greens last week called for Arsenal Football Club to pay all of its staff the minimum London Living Wage, currently set at £8.80 an hour, after it came to light that the football club were not paying their lowest paid workers the London Living Wage. Islington Green member Charlie Kiss called for Arsenal to […]
10th November 2013 by Islington Green Party
A new and depressing landmark has been reached in the madness that is Islington’s housing market. Last year, local Green campaigner Caroline Allen wrote in the Islington Tribune (27th July 2012) about how so called ‘affordable’ homes that cost £500,000 were nothing more than a con; designed to allow developers to continue to profit from […]
4th November 2013 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party member Alex Rendall took part in the united university workers strike on 31st October. Members of the Unison, UCU and Unite trade unions walked out for a day after receiving a below inflation pay offer for the fifth year in a row. Alex said: “After taking inflation into account, since 2008 our […]
31st October 2013 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party is delighted to see that Richard Watts, the new council leader, recognises the harmful effects of air pollution on residents’ health, yet worried by his claim at the recent air pollution meeting that “Islington cannot go any further on its own”. He was certainly right to say that the Mayor of London […]
16th October 2013 by Islington Green Party
Teachers in London and around the country will go on strike this Thursday (17 October) in protest at repeated attacks on their profession and working conditions by Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove. Highbury Green Party campaigner and NUT member Ernestas Jegorovas said he and his colleagues were left with “no option” but […]
3rd October 2013 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party has been baffled to see the Council crowing about its great achievement of adding 100 parking spaces in the last six months. We replied to the council, pointing out that this is not in keeping with its recent claims to finally be taking the issue of air pollution seriously. Needless to say, […]
1st October 2013 by Islington Green Party
Council executive member for sustainability Rakhia Ismail claimed last month that the council is making it as easy as possible for residents to recycle their waste – but the evidence shows they could be doing much more. On estates where Islington Green Party members live, in Canonbury, Clerkenwell, and elsewhere, the few recycling bins available […]
25th September 2013 by Islington Green Party
The recent unpleasant experience of one resident finding a camera recording whilst pointing into her bedroom has highlighted the problems of expensive and ineffective CCTV. The record of CCTV cameras preventing or deterring crime is extremely poor. Scotland Yard has reported that only one crime in 1000 is actually solved by CCTV, and contrary to […]
21st September 2013 by Islington Green Party
Private tenants in Islington need a salary of £70,000 per year for a 2-bed flat to be affordable, according to housing charity Shelter – and local Green Party campaigner and European Election candidate for London, Caroline Allen, says it is time for radical action from the government. In a piece published in the Islington Tribune, […]
16th September 2013 by Islington Green Party
Private tenants in Islington need a salary of £70,000 per year for a 2-bed flat to be affordable, according to housing charity Shelter – and local Green Party campaigner and European Election candidate for London, Caroline Allen, says it is time for radical action from the government. In a piece published in the Islington Tribune […]
30th August 2013 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party is glad, but also saddened, to hear that MP Jeremy Corbyn intends to bring a Private Member’s Bill to Parliament to try to tackle the crisis in the private rental sector. We agree that there’s an urgent need to address the worsening situation for people renting privately, but it’s shameful that when […]
28th August 2013 by Islington Green Party
Highbury Greens Charlie Kiss, Ernestas Jegorovas and Caroline Russell went to Whitehall tonight to join the emergency demonstration against the rush to launch a missile strike on Syria. The Green party is clear and unambiguous on this issue. We believe that it is not our role to get involved in the civil war in Syria […]
10th June 2013 by Islington Green Party
London Green Party Welcomes Mayor’s “U-turn” on 20mphThe London Green Party has welcomed the news announced last Friday that almost all residential roads and high streets in London will have 20 mph speed limits by 2020. The party is calling on Mayor Johnson to take the proposals forward as speedily and comprehensively as possible.The announcement […]
Islington Greens marched today in support of the Fire Brigade Union campaign to save Clerkenwell Fire Station from closure under plans put forward by Conservative Mayor of London Boris Johnson. They were joined by Green London Assembly Member Darren Johnson, who spoke at a rally at the end of the march to call for cross-party unity […]
27th March 2013 by Islington Green Party
Earlier this month, Ms Caitlin Reilly, an unemployed graduate forced to work in Poundland for free, won her legal challenge against the so-called “workfare” scheme under which jobseekers are required to work unpaid or risk having social security benefits deducted, resulting in very considerable personal hardship or destitution. The result of that legal victory was […]
19th March 2013 by Islington Green Party
Islington Greens have called on the Labour Council in Islington to follow Brighton Green Council’s lead and ensure that none of its social tenants will be evicted if they cannot afford to pay the government’s forthcoming ‘bedroom tax.’ Islington St George’s ward by-election candidate Jon Nott said: “The so-called ‘spare room subsidy’ is yet more […]
Greens from across London including large numbers from Camden, Islington and Haringey joined thousands of local residents marching to save vital services at our local hospital.Green Party Leader, Natalie Bennett marched alongside residents and spoke at the rally, calling for “the Whittington to be protected and for an end to privatisation.” She continued “The Green […]
Islington Green Party has this week lodged a formal complaint with Islington Council after four Labour councillors stepped in to require officers to fell a healthy pear tree in Gillespie Road, Highbury. Last week, the local press reported that Islington Council had ignored its own officers and policy to chop down the mature tree, which was […]
18th March 2013 by Islington Green Party
From the ‘bedroom tax’ and NHS privatisation through to workfare and ATOS assessments, is there any terrible action taken by this coalition that wasn’t started by the previous Labour government? If you believe in a public health service, a living wage, decent benefits and job creation then there is a party for you, it’s the […]
16th February 2013 by Islington Green Party
Sign the ‘Defend the Whittington Hospital Coalition’ petition Green candidate for the Junction by-election, Mick Holloway, last week showed his support for the Defend the Whittington Hospital Coalition campaign by attending the public meeting. Mick said “I fully endorse the campaign to save the first class medical services provided by the hospital for the local […]
10th February 2013 by Islington Green Party
Islington Greens are delighted to welcome Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett to talk on Education at the Ecology Centre, Gillespie Park in Highbury on Monday 11th February. Natalie’s talk is titled “Not making the grade: the decades of failure of British schools policy” and covers the grave risks of academies and free schools, the ludicrousness […]
22nd January 2013 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party has selected their candidate to contest the forth-coming Junction ward by-election. Long-time Islington resident, Mick Holloway has lived off Crouch Hill, N19, since 1977 and is a Licenced Lay Minister of St. Mary’s Church, Ashley Road. A qualified Civil Engineer and having looked after his two daughters as a father at home, his career has […]
This Monday, Green, Labour and Lib Dem members of the London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) came together to vote down proposals to close a number of London fire stations. The plans had proposed the closure of 12 fire stations and redundancy for 400 fire fighters and 100 civilian staff. This was to include […]