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24th May 2024 / 24th May 2024 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party is proud to announce that it is standing candidates in both Islington constituencies, such that all Islington voters have the opportunity to vote Green in the upcoming election. Carne Ross is the Green Party spokesperson for global solidarity, and is standing for Islington South and Finsbury. He said: “It’s time to end […]
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7th May 2024 / 7th May 2024 by Islington Green Party
Huge congratulations to Alex Nettle, who increased our vote share in the Hillrise by-election by 5% compared to 2022 (19.4%)! The final results were: Voter turnout: 47.3%. Full details are on on the Islington Council website. If you’re interested in standing as a councillor in future, come and talk to one of us at a […]
24th April 2024 / 24th April 2024 by Islington Green Party
A council by-election has been declared for Hillrise ward on the 2nd May. We’re delighted to announce that Alex Nettle will be standing in this by-election, where you’ll also have the chance to vote for Zoe Garbett for London Mayor and Antoinette Fernandez for the North East Constituency London Assembly candidate. Find out more about Alex […]
29th March 2024 / 2nd April 2024 by Islington Green Party
I’ve recently retired as a Domestic Energy Assessor, after more than fifteen years producing energy performance certificates (EPCs) for homeowners and landlords in Islington. A big change in that time is that, rather than just seeing them as a legal box to be ticked when renting or selling a home, people are now actually interested […]
5th January 2024 by Islington Green Party
Green Party member Rod Gonggrijp has called out the confusing nature of TfL’s experimental cycleway on Seven Sisters Road in the Islington Tribune this week: Rod Gonggrijp of Crayford Road in Tufnell Park, said the experimental path had confused cyclists who were unsure how to get into it as they approach the Holloway Road junction […]
2nd January 2024 by Islington Green Party
The NHS has dropped the bombshell that maternity services at either Royal Free Hospital or the Whittington are under threat of closure. Because of NHS cuts and lower birth rates there will be a consultation on closing one of the maternity wards. The Green Party is launching a petition to save the services. Local Green […]
1st December 2023 / 11th December 2023 by Islington Green Party
Lorna Jane Russell successfully defended the Green seat in Highgate in the by-election on 30 November by winning 59% of the vote. This was a significant improvement on the 51% won by the previous Green councillor, Sian Berry, in the 2022 local elections. The by-election results were as follows: Candidate Party Number of votes Lorna […]
29th November 2023 by Islington Green Party
On Saturday 18 November, Councillor Benali Hamdache spoke to a crowd of hundreds at the Highbury and Islington rally for Peace and Justice. Here’s the transcript of his words – head over to Facebook for the video: “Oxfam. Save the Children. Médecins Sans Frontières. Action Aid. Amnesty International. War Child. All over the world humanitarian […]
24th November 2022 by Cat
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10th May 2022 by Islington Green Party
13th March 2022 by Islington Green Party
I am here to argue against the proposal to move Tufnell Park ward in Islington (until recently named St George’s ward) from the Islington North constituency into the proposed new Kentish Town and Bloomsbury constituency. I have been a resident of Tufnell Park ward for 18 years, previously living in Camden Town. I have two […]
15th February 2022 by Islington Green Party
By the time you read this post, the seven councils who make up the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) may have signed the contract to build a huge, over-sized new incinerator in Edmonton, committing our own council to burning our unrecycled waste there until at least 2060 and in clear contravention of Islington’s stated goal […]
12th February 2022 by Islington Green Party
If fuel bills rise by 50% or more this April, as widely predicted when the government energy price cap is updated, then thousands more Islington homes could be driven into fuel poverty, forcing lower income households into a dreadful but all-too-common choice between heating and eating. For decades, now, governments of all colours have relied […]
30th September 2021 by Islington Green Party
£249 million pensions deficit buried in agenda appendix Full Council last week received a report that Islington is one of only four councils in the country to be challenged about its pension fund deficit by the Government Actuary Dept. This is a result of them flagging Islington’s situation as ‘amber’ – the 4th worst out of the 87 pension funds they investigated. Green Cllr Caroline Russell said: “This worrying situation was buried […]
28th September 2021 by Islington Green Party
Islington Council signs up to Transport for All’s EQUAL PAVEMENTS Pledge At Full Council last Thursday, Islington passed a motion backing Transport for All’s call for councils and transport authorities to sign an Equal Pavements Pledge. Transport for All is a disabled and older persons’ organisation which champions accessible transport in London and the […]
26th August 2021 by Islington Green Party
Despite assurances from the Prime Minister that nobody would lose their home as a result of coronavirus, the Tories are once again showing whose side they are on where private renters are concerned: the landlords. The always limited measures to protect private renters introduced last year are now being quietly whittled away, and a flood […]
20th July 2021 by Islington Green Party
Early in June the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan declared a “retrofit revolution”, to make the capital’s buildings more energy efficient. London’s homes and workplaces are responsible for three quarters of our carbon emissions and virtually all will need some level of retrofitting if we are to reach the mayor’s net zero target by 2030. […]
16th July 2021 by Islington Green Party
Islington Council has announced its plans to push through the construction of a new cricket pavilion at Wray Crescent Park in Tollington with no constulation, as part of a multi-million pound investment in local parks and green spaces. Islington has the smallest amount of green space per person of anywhere in the United Kingdom […]
13th July 2021 by Islington Green Party
Congratulations to Labour’s Mick Gilgunn for his victory in the July 1 Tollington ward by-election, but thanks also to the many residents whose votes took the Green Party to a strong second place behind him. Jonathan Ward, our candidate, only had a few weeks to win hearts and minds after Richard Watts’s sudden announcement that […]
16th June 2021 by Islington Green Party
Local Councillor Richard Watts has resigned from Islington Council. That means Tollington will be electing a new Councillor on 1st July. Tollington resident Jonathan Ward is standing for the Green Party. Jonathan is an expert sustainability engineer. He is on the Steering Group of the Neighbourhood Planning Forum and is a long-standing governor of St. […]
