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5th December 2016 by Islington Green Party
Green Party Councillor Caroline Russell has expressed her outrage at the Council’s failure to develop a flood prevention strategy in Islington, in spite of the considerable risk to local residents, and particularly, the likelihood of major transport disruption. Environment Agency maps show that key infrastructure in the Borough is at high risk of […]
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16th November 2016 by Islington Green Party
Islington Greens are repeating their Citizen Science air pollution measuring, first carried out in Highbury in 2011, which revealed the pollution in Highbury was well over EU limits and in some places almost double the safe limit. Up to 9500 deaths a year in London are linked to London’s appalling air pollution – which […]
23rd September 2016 by Islington Green Party
Islington Council have cut £26,000 in funding for St Luke’s Community Center. St Luke’s provides support to people with dementia, helping people get out of the house, providing an invaluable lifeline. At full council on 15th September, Barbara Sheridan from St Luke’s presented a 1,000 strong petition against the cuts. Islington Labour Councillor Cllr Burgess […]
THE Boundary Commission has released its provisional recommendations to redraw UK constituencies into 600 equal-sized constituencies for 2018. Under these instructions from the Conservative government, this review has removed five seats from London. As part of that restructuring, Islington North is to be lost and the seat parcelled out between three neighbouring seats covering Camden, […]
10th September 2016 by Islington Green Party
Islington Council’s has this week decided to revoke Fabric‘s licence. This decision was made despite the council earlier this year holding Fabric‘s practices as an example for other clubs to follow. Fabric has been an important part of London’s late night scene attracting people from across the world. In the last decade 50% of London’s music venues have […]
19th June 2016 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party has announced that Ernestas Jegorovas has been selected to be their candidate in the upcoming Barnsbury ward by-election. The election will take place on Thursday 14th July 2016. The selection follows an open election of members of Islington Green Party’s members in the west of the borough. The Green Party is […]
6th May 2016 by Islington Green Party
The Green Party is celebrating its best ever London election campaign after Sian Berry came third in the Mayoral vote and was elected to the London assembly alongside Islington’s Caroline Russell. Sian and Caroline replace Baroness Jenny Jones and Darren Johnson, who have both stepped down after 16 years of outstanding service at City Hall. […]
26th April 2016 by Islington Green Party
Cllr Caroline Russell, Green councillor for Highbury East ward and candidate for the London Assembly, said: “The decision to continue with this week’s junior doctors’ strikes was not taken lightly. People go into medicine because they want to treat patients and not to stand on a picket line to protect their jobs and patient safety. […]
21st April 2016 by Islington Green Party
The number of people who are classed as homeless in London has returned to levels not seen since the 1990s, but the Green Party’s Mayoral candidate Sian Berry, is concerned that the number of ‘hidden’ homeless is far higher in boroughs like Islington. An analysis from the Green Party has shown that London councils turn away nearly half […]
22nd March 2016 by Islington Green Party
Results from roadside nitrogen dioxide testing carried out by Islington Green Party show that nearly everywhere Islington’s air is exceeding EU limits for air quality. All but one of the results exceeded EU legal limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) with five locations coming in at more than 50% over the legal threshold. Thirty air pollution […]
26th February 2016 by Islington Green Party
Last night, the Labour dominated Islington Council voted down an amendment to the council’s annual budget from sole opposition councillor, Caroline Russell, that would have cleaned up Islington’s polluted air. Since the launch of the council’s own policy to ask drivers who park on Islington’s roads with their engines running to switch them off in […]
Bright Sparks, Islington’s award-winning repair and reconditioning project, has lost additional funding that would have protected and extended its services. The news came last night as an amendment to Islington Council’s budget from Green Party Councillor, Caroline Russell, was presented. The amendment, which would have secured funding for the worthwhile scheme, was voted down by all the […]
25th January 2016 by Islington Green Party
Following a high air pollution episode last week, Islington residents took to the streets at the weekend to install air pollution measuring tubes on roadsides across the borough. These tubes measure nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the air which is linked to a range of respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses that are particularly harmful to children, older […]
4th January 2016 by Islington Green Party
On the day transport fares go up throughout the country, activists from Islington Green Party have been talking to commuters and handing out #FairFares postcards at numerous stations across the borough, revealing our radical plans to flatten fares across the capital and make transport fairer for all Londoners. The stations were: Caledonian Road Highbury and […]
1st December 2015 by Islington Green Party
I was shocked to hear the news of Friday night’s attempted arson attack at Finsbury Park Mosque, which is on the boundary of my ward and is used by many of my constituents. I have taken part in some of the open days they have run for schools and the rest of the community, so […]
30th November 2015 by Islington Green Party
London Green Party is holding a public meeting on the topical and crucial issue of climate change next week. The meeting entitled ‘It’s 5 to Midnight… Can we Afford to Gamble with Our Planet’s Future?’ will be held at St Mellitus Church, Tollington Park, London N4 3AG on the evening of Monday 7th December. Doors […]
29th November 2015 by Islington Green Party
Islington Greens joined hundreds of other Green Party members from across the country as part of the People’s March for Climate, Justice and Jobs. The message from the Green party bloc and the estimated 50,000 others on the march was clear: that we all demand strong, definitive action on climate change at the Paris COP21 […]
19th October 2015 by Islington Green Party
Just a year after the Council opened up the Town Hall making it easier for Members of the Public to raise questions of the council, a motion has been passed to limit time for public questions. Councillor Caroline Russell said “At Full Council, We were asked to vote on reducing the the time allocated […]
Green councillor Caroline Russell has been inundated with grateful messages from the Muslim community after convincing her colleagues on Labour-run Islington Council to pass a motion requesting changes to the Government’s controversial Prevent scheme. Caroline Russell, the sole non-Labour member on the North London council, proposed a motion last week calling on the council to […]
19th August 2015 by Islington Green Party
This evening saw the first meeting of Islington residents, businesses, third party organisations and Green Party members to develop ‘The People’s Parking Plan’. The plan is a resident and business-led response to the current consultation over changes to the Controlled Parking Zones across the borough. The meeting was organised by Islington Green Party and Green […]
25th June 2015 by Islington Green Party
Caroline Russell, the sole Green councillor and opposition voice on Islington Council, led five local campaign groups into Islington Town Hall this past Thursday, 25th June. She supported activists from groups that campaign on issues ranging from housing to road safety, from workfare to weed killer so that they might use the local political framework […]
18th June 2015 by Islington Green Party
Councillor Russell, Islington’s sole opposition and Green Party councillor, has joined a protest against Workfare at Finsbury Park Station. As well as supporting the grassroots movement to oppose the injustice of Workfare, Councillor Russell has tabled a question to the Full Council next Thursday regarding Finsbury Park Business Forum’s participation in the Workfare programme. […]
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 […]
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 […]