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2nd June 2015 by Islington Green Party
Progress on improving employment conditions for agency workers was reviewed at Islington Town Hall on Monday. Cllr Russell said ” I’m glad to see that the council has been making strides in moving long term employees from temporary to permanent contracts. However it is very concerning that so many lower paid staff […]
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8th May 2015 by Islington Green Party
The Green Party secured its best ever set of General Election results in Islington’s two parliamentary constituencies with big increases in vote shares and a strong third place in Islington North. The full results were: Islington North Islington South and Finsbury Following Islington Green Party’s biggest ever General Election campaign, the results followed the national […]
3rd May 2015 by Islington Green Party
The leader of the Green Party, Natalie Bennett, visited The Andover Estate in the Finsbury Park area of north Islington to meet residents and hear about some of the innovative projects that are providing jobs and making a real difference to the people living on Islington’s largest estate. Accompanied by Councillor Caroline Russell, who is […]
29th April 2015 by Islington Green Party
The Supreme Court has ordered the Government to come up with new plans to ensure the UK meets air pollution targets. The judgement was handed down this morning in ClientEarth’s case against the UK Government for its failure to meet legal limits for air pollution. The court case was launched after Government plans to tackle […]
12th April 2015 by Islington Green Party
Today, the Independent on Sunday profiled five doorstep canvassers to find out what it’s like to knock on doors and engage people in politics. In the article, Islington Green Party member and canvasser Ozoda Muminova talks about how positive and interested people are about The Green Party’s ideas and policies. She explains how her best experience […]
9th April 2015 by Islington Green Party
Today, Islington Green Party welcomed and accompanied Independent Living Fund (ILF) campaigner Mary Lever as she passed through Islington on her way to deliver a birthday message to Iain Duncan Smith, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Mary, who is 67 and severely disabled, was driving her NHS power chair from the House […]
27th March 2015 by Islington Green Party
Green Councillor Caroline Russell proposed a motion to Islington Council last night to take in a number of Syrian refugees using the government’s Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme as proposed by Citizens UK in December. Islington Labour squashed the motion with an amendment that deleted the action to take in a mere 50 refugees and instead […]
3rd March 2015 by Islington Green Party
Last week, on behalf of short changed council tenants, sole Green Councillor Caroline Russell asked at the meeting of the Full Council why Islington Labour were overcharging council tenants for their energy bills.1 Outrage has been building over the council’s energy bills system, which results in council tenants paying hundreds more pounds than leaseholders and […]
1st March 2015 by Islington Green Party
Islington Council this week made a budget commitment(1) to give fourteen Greenspace(2) agency staff full time contracts following months of campaigning by Islington Green Party. Opposition councillor Caroline Russell and local Greens are celebrating this change of heart from the Labour-run council which will see workers receive job security and full employee rights. This […]
27th February 2015 by Islington Green Party
At last night’s Full Council and budget meeting, the ruling Labour Party voted unanimously to have the tax payer continue to fund three Labour political officers, speech writers and spin doctors and allow eight frontline jobs to be axed. The meeting, which focused specifically on the 2015/16 Council Budget, saw Islington Green Party’s Cllr Caroline […]
