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 […]
Read More… from Announcing the 2024 General Election Candidates for Islington
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 […]
Read More… from Hillrise by-election 2024 – Greens build an even stronger second place result
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 […]
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 […]
Islington Tribune, March 2 2024 Hundreds of thousands of UK households are affected unfairly by the ‘Two Child’ benefits cap, which restricts universal credit and child tax credit to a family’s first two children and provides less or nothing for any others. It is one of our country’s biggest causes of child poverty, which has […]
Thanks to the Tribune for reporting how Islington’s opposition councillors have ‘called in’ the council’s decision to merge Montem and Duncombe schools, but it’s disappointing that Executive Member Cllr Ngongo has chosen to attack this call on party-political grounds in your letters page (‘For first-class education’). Admittedly the government’s decision to make Poole Park an […]
Read More… from Letters to the Papers: Labour’s weakened super-majority means more accountability
I congratulate you on your 8 page climate feature. It is encouraging that a paper such as ‘The Islington Tribune’ can devote such a large part of its content to the Climate Emergency. Your editorial invites readers to debate the issues and encourages them not to feel helpless and overwhelmed, and you make helpful suggestions […]
Read More… from Letters to the Papers: Tackling the Climate Emergency
During the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, 250 of the world’s richest people wrote an open letter to political leaders, calling for greater taxes on their own wealth. The signatories, including members of both the Rockefeller and Disney dynasties, recognised that increasing global inequality is putting economic, societal and ecological stability at risk for […]
Read More… from Letters to the Papers: Vote Green to see popular wealth tax become a reality
Published in the Islington Tribune, Jan 12 2024 For many years Islington Green Party have been campaigning to exempt Islington Council’s poorest residents from paying council tax. It used to be the case that people on the lowest incomes were given a 100 per cent discount from council tax, but the Conservative and Liberal Democrat […]
Read More… from Letters to the Papers: The low-paid need protection from council tax
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 […]
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