Author: Islington Green Party

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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