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1st April 2012 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party have selected Claire Poyner as their candidate to run in the Holloway by-election on 3rd May. Claire has previously stood for the Greens in the 2006 and 2010 council elections for Holloway ward. Claire is fifty five years old and lives in Holloway with her partner Jon and daughter Jessica. She […]
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30th March 2012 by Islington Green Party
The Labour-led Islington council is putting out increasingly confused messages about car travel in the borough – in the very week that it adopted Islington’s new Transport Strategy. At the full council meeting on the 29th of March, Councillor Janet Burgess responded to a question about asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by highlighting […]
19th March 2012 by Islington Green Party
?Greater protection for tenants, more affordable homes and renovation of empty properties are among the many ideas put forward by the Green Party this week, as housing policy became the focus of campaigning in the upcoming Mayor of London and London Assembly elections.??Recent statistics show that Islington has over 1851 empty properties, 51% of which […]
16th March 2012 by Islington Green Party
Jean Lambert, the Green MEP for London, has visited Islington to express her concern that EU limits, designed to protect resident’s health, are being routinely exceeded. Jean visited Highbury Barn and Blackstock Road, where levels 75% higher than EU limits have been recorded. She was joined by Green Party London Assembly candidates, Caroline Allen and […]
6th March 2012 by Islington Green Party
Caroline Allen, vet and Green Party candidate for Islington met Brian May, Queen guitarist and founder of the animal rights group Save Me last week, as she and Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones launched the London Green Party’s animal manifesto on Monday in Battersea Park. Jenny Jones said: “I want to make sure this great city leads […]
29th February 2012 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party responded to the inaugural journey of the Major’s new bus through Islington by slamming the fact that the money spent on this vanity project is delaying the wider fight against life threatening levels of air pollution on our streets. While TfL claim the new the bus has some good green credentials, […]
Council meeting attendees reacted with horror as Cllr Smith admitted he intended to take no action over levels of air pollution in the Borough exceeding EU safe limits by up to 75%. In fact Cllr Smith went further saying that we just had to put up with dangerously high levels of air pollution as an […]
28th February 2012 by Islington Green Party
At the national Green Party conference in Liverpool last week, Camden Green Party chair Natalie Bennett moved an addition to Green Party policy that sees the Party backing the campaign for the introduction of "proportional liability" (also known as "stricter liability") for road users. The campaign is supported by Road Peace, the Environmental Law Foundation, the London Cycling Campaign and many others. […]
12th February 2012 by Islington Green Party
Caroline Allen joins protesters at Hackney Town Hall Caroline Allen, the Green Party GLA candidate for North East London, is calling for Islington’s residents to sign up to a new campaign to help tackle the serious issue of fuel poverty. The ‘Winter Warm Up’ campaign, which last month saw Caroline and supporters protesting on […]
8th February 2012 by Islington Green Party
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6th February 2012 by Islington Green Party
Communities Councils and Carbon – What we can do if Governments Won’t. A public meeting organised by Islington Green Party – all welcome! Please feel free to a spread the word to anyone you think might be interested. Monday 13th February at 8.15pm in the basement room at the Regent Pub, 201Liverpool Rd, N11LX […]
31st January 2012 by Islington Green Party
A new school, 576 bobbies or 105 hybrid buses: Boris’ opposition to Robin Hood tax is costing Islington dearly, says Green candidate Caroline Allen Boris Johnson’s opposition to a ‘Robin Hood Tax’ is depriving local people in Islington of money that could pay for hundreds of new police officers, revitalise local transport, build new […]
20th January 2012 by Islington Green Party
Local residents wishing to "play a role in influencing decisions and services in their areas" are invited by the Council to do so through attendance at regular Ward Partnership meetings with elected councillors in each of Islington’s sixteen wards. While seven Ward Partnerships are meeting regularly, one appears never to have met, nine wards have no future […]
17th January 2012 by Islington Green Party
Green Party Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones, joined leafleters at Highbury and Islington tube station on Tuesday and pledged that a Green City Hall would support small businesses by ensuring that any part of the Greater London Authority group—including Transport for London—would only deal with banks that could demonstrate they were lending to London’s small businesses. […]
13th January 2012 by Islington Green Party
Reacting to figures released this week that show child poverty stands at 39% in Hackney, 43% in Islington and 31% in Waltham Forest, Caroline Allen, Green Party London Assembly candidate for the North East constituency, which incorporates the boroughs, said: " I believe it is now harder to get out of poverty than it has […]
29th December 2011 by Islington Green Party
Speaking at the Green Sunday event at the Arcola Theatre in Hackney, Green Party London Assembly candidate for Islington, Hackney and Waltham Forest Caroline Allen said: “It’s great to be able to be involved in a local event like this and the continued popularity of Green Sunday events demonstrates the growing appetite for green politics […]
30th November 2011 by Islington Green Party
Nitrogen dioxide levels in Islington are up to 75% higher than EU limits according to new research conducted by the local Green Party and Mapping for Change. The two organisations recently completed the measurement of NO2 levels along the A101, which runs along Highbury Grove, Highbury Park and Blackstock Rd. Results at hotspots Highbury […]
24th November 2011 by Islington Green Party
The Green Party calls for action for the drastic reduction of antibiotic usage on farms and welcomes the important report from Compassion in World Farming, the Soil Association and Sustain, which demonstrates the seriousness of the issue and proposes practical steps to tackle it. Caroline Allen, Islington vet and Green Party Spokesperson on animal […]
20th November 2011 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party welcomes the news that we are to become the first area in the country to introduce a mandatory 20mph speed limit on every road controlled by the local authority. The policy was originally introduced by Islington’s first Green councillor, Katie Dawson, with considerable cross party support, but was then only applied by […]
19th November 2011 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party & Mapping for Change invite you to a public meeting On Monday 28th November from 7.00 pm – 8.15 pm At Highbury Grove School, 8 Highbury Grove, N5 2EQ Map Tube, Highbury & Islington or Buses 4, 19 and 236 And afterwards informally up the road at the Highbury Barn […]
11th November 2011 by Islington Green Party
Islington Greens were delighted to increase their share of the vote and beat the Tories into third place at the by-election in St Mary’s on Thursday. Candidate, Caroline Russell said "It was a pleasure to meet so many residents during the campaign and to hear about the issues that concern people locally. […]
5th November 2011 by Islington Green Party
Caroline Russell, long-time road safety campaigner and Green Party candidate for the forthcoming Islington Council by-election, was joined by Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones and parents and children from local schools after a local study revealed that nitrogen dioxide levels exceeded national and European target limits in half the measuring stations across the borough. […]
26th October 2011 by Islington Green Party
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15th October 2011 by Islington Green Party
Local walking champion, Caroline Russell has lived in Islington for 25 years. Working with Living Streets she helped campaign for the recent improvements at Angel and collaborated with cyclists on the design of the new crossing at Madras Place. She is passionate about addressing health inequality by improving our streets, making them into places for […]