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10th July 2014 by Islington Green Party
Cllr Caroline Russell visited the picket line at Islington Town Hall this morning to express her support for striking workers before heading to the rally in Trafalgar Square where she met up with Charlie Kiss, Islington Green Party Campaigns Coordinator, who had been on the UNISON picket line in Camden where he works. Charlie Kiss […]
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To the workers and members of trade unions striking in Islington on July 10th 2014, from Islington Green Party. We would like to express solidarity with you in your struggle for decent, secure work and fair pay, pensions and working conditions. We believe that public sector workers provide an excellent and vital service to our […]
8th July 2014 by Islington Green Party
Green Party local transport spokeswoman and Islington Councillor, Caroline Russell, has spoken to the BBC News website about her concern that Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, intends to abandon plans to cut the speed limit on parts of the M3 and M1 motorways that would cut air pollution. The BBC News article highlights the intention to […]
7th July 2014 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party is calling upon Islington Council, the Mayor of London and the national Government to take action to halt the current and expanding housing crisis in Islington. A recent report by Shelter has revealed that there are currently no affordable homes for sale in Islington.(1) Their work highlights the current lack of affordable housing […]
As The Labour Party once again abandons its roots with its announcement of its plans to allow state and private sector bidders to compete for rail franchises as they come up for renewal, Green Party national spokeswoman for local transport and Islington Councillor Caroline Russell wrote in the Guardian to put forward the Green Party’s […]
4th July 2014 by Islington Green Party
A letter by Islington Green Party Member, Andrew Myer It was a timely reminder from Prof Richard Wilkinson in a recent edition of the Islington Tribune that income levels are getting less and less equal in the UK (‘One day we will live in a society … not an economy,’ June 27). A more equal […]
Green Party London Assembly Member Darren Johnson AM met with local Green Party members, pedestrians and cyclists at one of north London’s most dangerous junctions to highlight repeated delays to safety improvement works there. 17 cyclists were killed or seriously injured on the roundabout between 1987 and 2012 and The Green Party is calling for […]
27th June 2014 by Islington Green Party
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett joined Islington Green Party activists and members of Islington Cycle Action Group to protest at the site of an unfinished and unused cycle path, which could make cycle journeys safer in Clerkenwell. The cyclists, including Islington’s Green councillor Caroline Russell, met at the farcical stretch of raised concrete on Clerkenwell […]
A letter by Islington Green Party Member, Andrew Myer Councillor Joe Caluori has some valid reservations about proportional representation (PR), particularly his point about the importance of the link between citizens and their representatives (Letters page within the Islington Tribune, June 13). No democratic solution is ever perfect, but PR doesn’t have to be as […]
24th May 2014 by Islington Green Party
Voters in Highbury East have elected a Green councillor, Caroline Russell to represent them on the Council for the next four years. Cllr Caroline Russell who holds the only opposition seat to Labour’s 47 seats across the borough said: “My primary focus for the next four years will be to serve the people of Highbury […]
