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25th March 2017 by Islington Green Party
In a stunning act of disregard for the residents of Highbury East, the Labour Council voted 9th February, without warning, to demolish Sotheby Mews Day Centre, depriving 120 pensioners of a vital social and caring centre in their neighbourhood. There was no consultation, and the pensioners heard the news not from the Council, but from […]
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22nd March 2017 by Islington Green Party
Our next Green Party meeting will be held in Islington Town Hall on April 19th at 19.30, and will focus in on “What’s Next after Article 50”. We’ll be discussing the next steps campaigners can take post Article 50 being triggered. London Green Party Assembly Member and local Cllr Caroline Russell will speak of […]
10th March 2017 by Islington Green Party
Caroline Russell said; “Since 2010, Islington Council has lost around £150million of its funding from national government. These cuts have been cruel and highly damaging to our community. An additional £3million of cuts have been proposed by the council and are aimed at services for children, older people and people with learning difficulties. These services […]
3rd March 2017 by Islington Green Party
Ben Hickey, Islington Green Party Member, writes; “No matter where we live in Islington, the air we all breathe is now heavily polluted, even on quieter side streets. Children, old people and those with existing medical conditions such as asthma are especially likely to be affected. Thousands of people are now estimated to die each […]
23rd February 2017 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party held a public meeting on 22nd February to discuss the highly topical and important issue of air pollution. The event was held to hear from residents about their experiences of air pollution in Islington and to also hear about possible local solutions. The meeting also helped people of all ages to get involved […]
13th February 2017 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party is inviting people to attend a special public meeting on Wednesday 22nd February to discuss Islington’s recent and continuing high levels of air pollution. The meeting will take place in committee room 4 at Islington Town Hall from 7pm and attendees will hear from experts such as UCL’s Professor Andreas Sella, environmental […]
Islington Green Party has launched a public consultation to ask whether Islington residents would support an additional five percent increase in Council Tax for 2017/18 to prevent proposed cuts to adult social care, children’s services and services for people with learning disabilities. The Greens are encouraging local residents to go to Islington.greenparty.org.uk/budget to give their […]
21st December 2016 by Islington Green Party
21st December – Green Councillor Caroline Russell has welcomed a commitment by Islington Council to apply for funding for bike hangars across the borough. At a council meeting on Thursday 15th, Islington community nurse and Highbury Quadrant resident, Ciara Murphy, spoke of her difficulties as a cyclist who relies on her bike for work. She […]
7th December 2016 by Islington Green Party
Holloway Prison is closed and what comes next should be up to the local and wider Islington community as well as the women and their families that had their lives affected in one way or another by Holloway Prison. Several campaign groups have already organized themselves to try and make sure their voice and the […]
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 […]
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 […]