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17th April 2018 by Islington Green Party
On April 17th at Islington Town Hall, Green Party candidate Rod Gongrijp will be joining candidates from all the main political parties to put forward our plans for Islington at the Hustings for Islington. Organised by eleven campaigning groups from across the borough, it is a great opportunity to put questions to potential councillors on […]
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15th April 2018 by Islington Green Party
There’s still much to do to make Islington’s streets safer and more welcoming. At the Islington Healthy Streets Hustings Councillor Caroline Russell will be presenting the Green Party’s vision to tackle air pollution, road danger and make Islington a healthier place. Cllr Caroline Russell out canvassing Join us on Monday 16th April at 18:30pm at Christ Church Highbury at 155 Highbury Grove, […]
13th April 2018 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party kicked off their election campaign this week with 10 key pledges, focussing on what a group of Green councillors would do if elected. Greens campaigning in Highbury The headline pledges are: Making the council more democratic and accountable Ensuring the council is a better landlord Tackling air pollution and making Islington a […]
27th March 2018 by Islington Green Party
Local candidate for Bunhill, Sebastian Sandys, this week won a victory for public transparency in Islington Council. Though the public can attend six Council meetings annually, the Budget Council, where crucial decisions are made about issues including childrens’ services, housing and environment, has never permitted residents to ask questions and engage. However, following the presentation […]
19th March 2018 by Islington Green Party
Highbury Green Party helped campaigners gather more than 200 names on a petition to keep Sotheby Mews Day Centre open. This won the right for older people who use the centre to take their case to the council meeting on 22nd February. Caroline Russell said: “Thanks to all who signed it. As the only […]
18th March 2018 by Islington Green Party
I am not sure what planet Mark Still of N5 (Islington Tribune letters page Friday, 16 March) lives on, but it is not one near here. For his information, although almost no one else of voting age will need this reminder, the Liberal Democrats received less than 15% of the vote in the 2014 elections for […]
16th March 2018 by Islington Green Party
Despite months of local protests, Islington Council have gone ahead and built their new trampoline park at the Sobell Leisure Centre, cutting the Olympic quality sports hall in half. But now the facility is open, it’s revealed that adults have to pay £10.50 at peak times and children £8.50, so a family of four could […]
14th March 2018 by Islington Green Party
Dear Editor, Following the public meeting last November there are continuing problems with violent muggings and moped crime in Tufnell Park and Archway. Despite the efforts of local police, people are feeling intimidated and scared by almost daily reports of knifepoint muggings. Inspector Steven Murfin has communicated police actions and local youth […]
9th March 2018 by Islington Green Party
While central government may be the main villain in the erosion of local services, that does not mean Greens should give the Labour Council a free ride when they get it wrong Dear Islington Tribune Editor As council elections loom in May, Labour Party councillors seem to be doing their best to drive […]
4th March 2018 by Islington Green Party
£104 per year to use new bike stores Islington is charging residents more to park a bike in its onstreet cycle stores than many drivers pay for a parking permit, even though half a car space can house six bikes. Councillor Caroline Russell says “This price is too high, especially for people on low […]
3rd March 2018 by Islington Green Party
Local Green Councillor Caroline Russell has persuaded the council to send a surveyor to Park View estate, after residents demonstrated against their continued inaction. Leaks from walkways and around rain-water pipes are making bedrooms in some flats uninhabitable. The residents had presented a petition to the council in December, calling for it to fix the […]
2nd March 2018 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party welcomes Transport for London’s proposed investment in the open space on Grosvenor Avenue beside Canonbury Station. In recent years the paving and other landscape features on this attractive corner have deteriorated. With increased passenger numbers on the Overground line there is an opportunity for the space to better serve local people and […]
24th February 2018 by Islington Green Party
Dear Editor I was interested in the story of Anthony Wilkinson and his campaign against plastic straws in Islington, (Gazette Feb 15th) tweeting pubs and restaurants one by one. Suddenly everybody is alarmed about the scale of plastic pollution, especially after David Attenborough’s TV programme showing what it does to wildlife and the oceans. Single […]
4th February 2018 by Islington Green Party
The Holloway Road bridge-works are finally coming to an end, so what will happen next? We’ve been promised the Highbury Corner roundabout will be removed, to create a better ‘gateway’ to the area and improve conditions for bus-users, pedestrians and cyclists, but results of the previous consultation have been expected for more than a year. […]
3rd February 2018 by Islington Green Party
We have watched the failure of Carillion, the plundering of pension funds to pay fat cat bonuses and the tightening squeeze on living standards for the lower paid. Conservative supporters celebrated the sale of Council houses to sitting tenants (and many now let them privately as the buyers take their profit): we all now wonder […]
2nd February 2018 by Islington Green Party
Council Tax is an expense the borough’s lowest income households simply can’t afford. Islington does discount some of its tax rates but still too many of our poorest families are falling into arrears. Issuing court summons to people with no money is intimidating, an ineffective way of raising revenue and a waste of council resources. […]
11th December 2017 by Islington Green Party
Live updates on the closure from TfL can be read on their website This a guest post from Green Party Cllr Caroline Russell TfL are removing the 150-year-old bridge on Holloway Road that crosses the train line underneath. It’s a complicated piece of engineering that TfL will be working round the clock on. The work […]
21st October 2017 by Islington Green Party
It is testament to the hard work of local campaigners that Islington Council’s plans for Barnard Park have been scuppered. Questions must be asked as to why the council was so eager to downsize the community pitch. At full council Cllr Claudia Webbe claimed the council plans for Barnard Park did not result in a […]
12th October 2017 by Islington Green Party
A letter from our Green Party Cllr Caroline Russell Cllr Janet Burgess declared in the Gazette in May 2014 that “There are no plans at all to close the Sotheby Mews Day Centre.” Sotheby Mews was apparently safe. The council decision in February this year, to move services to Highbury Roundhouse’s new building means that service users at Sotheby Mewshave real concerns about losing their dedicated space for […]
12th September 2017 by Islington Green Party
Campaigners are celebrating after the Government called for a review of Islington council plans to downsize Barnard Park’s community pitch. Local campaigners have been fighting council plans to remove the community pitch in Barnard Park. Islington Labour had put forward a plan to replace the pitch with a smaller space. Islington Greens have been supporting […]
10th September 2017 by Islington Green Party
Islington Council has ignored campaigners and pushed ahead with controversial new plans for the Sobell Centre leaving 5 a side footballers, badminton players and others without a home. Over 1,500 people signed a petition against the plans but the council have pushed ahead with building work. The hall was renovated as recently as 2012. £250,000 had […]
16th August 2017 by Islington Green Party
This is a guest post written by Green Campaigner Jonathan Wright. It originally featured as a letter in the Islington Tribune I was pleased to see that TfL is looking at plans to reopen the old Highbury station at the southern end of Holloway Road as part of an expansion of the existing Highbury […]
13th August 2017 by Islington Green Party
London’s housing market is grinding to a halt as only 87 homes were sold in Islington May of this year. Figures from Bloomberg and the Land Registry shows this is down from 139 in 2016 and 259 in 2015. However, Islington house prices remain as unaffordable as before, having declined by less than 1% […]
6th August 2017 by Islington Green Party
This a guest post by Green campaigner Andrew Myer Once again Islington council is acting like a one-party Labour state, unwilling or unable to consult, listen or explain. The Sobell Centre is a tremendous local facility and the magnificent sports hall at its heart, with its Olympic legacy sprung floor, is the envy of […]