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30th August 2013 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party is glad, but also saddened, to hear that MP Jeremy Corbyn intends to bring a Private Member’s Bill to Parliament to try to tackle the crisis in the private rental sector. We agree that there’s an urgent need to address the worsening situation for people renting privately, but it’s shameful that when […]
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28th August 2013 by Islington Green Party
Highbury Greens Charlie Kiss, Ernestas Jegorovas and Caroline Russell went to Whitehall tonight to join the emergency demonstration against the rush to launch a missile strike on Syria. The Green party is clear and unambiguous on this issue. We believe that it is not our role to get involved in the civil war in Syria […]
10th June 2013 by Islington Green Party
London Green Party Welcomes Mayor’s “U-turn” on 20mphThe London Green Party has welcomed the news announced last Friday that almost all residential roads and high streets in London will have 20 mph speed limits by 2020. The party is calling on Mayor Johnson to take the proposals forward as speedily and comprehensively as possible.The announcement […]
Islington Greens marched today in support of the Fire Brigade Union campaign to save Clerkenwell Fire Station from closure under plans put forward by Conservative Mayor of London Boris Johnson. They were joined by Green London Assembly Member Darren Johnson, who spoke at a rally at the end of the march to call for cross-party unity […]
27th March 2013 by Islington Green Party
Earlier this month, Ms Caitlin Reilly, an unemployed graduate forced to work in Poundland for free, won her legal challenge against the so-called “workfare” scheme under which jobseekers are required to work unpaid or risk having social security benefits deducted, resulting in very considerable personal hardship or destitution. The result of that legal victory was […]
19th March 2013 by Islington Green Party
Islington Greens have called on the Labour Council in Islington to follow Brighton Green Council’s lead and ensure that none of its social tenants will be evicted if they cannot afford to pay the government’s forthcoming ‘bedroom tax.’ Islington St George’s ward by-election candidate Jon Nott said: “The so-called ‘spare room subsidy’ is yet more […]
Greens from across London including large numbers from Camden, Islington and Haringey joined thousands of local residents marching to save vital services at our local hospital.Green Party Leader, Natalie Bennett marched alongside residents and spoke at the rally, calling for “the Whittington to be protected and for an end to privatisation.” She continued “The Green […]
Islington Green Party has this week lodged a formal complaint with Islington Council after four Labour councillors stepped in to require officers to fell a healthy pear tree in Gillespie Road, Highbury. Last week, the local press reported that Islington Council had ignored its own officers and policy to chop down the mature tree, which was […]
18th March 2013 by Islington Green Party
From the ‘bedroom tax’ and NHS privatisation through to workfare and ATOS assessments, is there any terrible action taken by this coalition that wasn’t started by the previous Labour government? If you believe in a public health service, a living wage, decent benefits and job creation then there is a party for you, it’s the […]
16th February 2013 by Islington Green Party
Sign the ‘Defend the Whittington Hospital Coalition’ petition Green candidate for the Junction by-election, Mick Holloway, last week showed his support for the Defend the Whittington Hospital Coalition campaign by attending the public meeting. Mick said “I fully endorse the campaign to save the first class medical services provided by the hospital for the local […]