Islington Green Party activists have been out in force delivering our campaign leaflet to all St Peter’s ward residents in the run up to the by-election for the council seat on August 11. The leaflet introduces our candidate, local vet Caroline Allen, and shows how she aims to build on the achievements of Green Councillor […]
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St Peter’s ward by-election Green Party candidate Caroline Allen explains how she would help users of the local canal as a Green Councillor. As a regular user of the Regents Canal as it passes through Islington I am well aware of problems over how this resource is shared between the different users; as well as […]
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Islington Green Party has launched two new petitions to introduce 20 mph speed limits to Islington’s main roads. Part of our Safer Streets for Islington campaign, the petitions call on Transport for London and Islington Council to extend the 20 mph speed limits from Islington’s residential roads to New North Road and Essex Road in […]
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Caroline Allen to represent the Green Party in the St Peter’s ward by-election The Green Party have announced that their candidate in the St Peter’s ward by-election on 11th August will be local vet Caroline Allen. Caroline, who works as a veterinary surgeon at the Canonbury Veterinary Practice on Essex Road, joined the Green Party […]
More than half of Islington’s 45 primary schools (23) are within 150m (492ft) of roads arrying more than 10,000 vehicles a day, putting pupils health at risk. Figures obtained by the Clean Air London (CAL) campaign, through a freedom of information request to Transport for London, show 36 primaries and 6 secondaries are within 400m […]
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Following the polling station debacle at last year’s general election, with long queues and several residents prevented from voting, the Council revised the arrangements for Highbury West ward, to prevent it happening again. Our experience from the referendum on 5 May, however, suggests they have still not got things right. This time they made residents […]
On Thursday 5 May, 57% of Islington voters said Yes to AV, making us, alongside neighbouring Camden, Hackney and Haringey, one of the six London boroughs and ten local areas in Britain voting for progressive change to our outdated electoral system. And that, despite both Islington’s Labout MPs publicy supporting the ‘No’ vote. Islington Green […]
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Islington Green Party welcomes the draft report of the Fairness Commission and congratulates the Labour council on commissioning it and all the work that has gone into its production. Its findings are certainly stark; how sad that we should find ourselves in this situation after so long under a Labour government. Now under this coalition […]
Last week saw the government issuing smog warnings because London has had thirty-six "bad air days" since January 1st 2011. According to EU law, thirty-five of these are permitted annually, so London has used its entire pollution allowance in the first four months of the year. As London prepares for the Olympic Games, supposedly the […]
We welcome Islington’s decision to cut the chief executive’s salary by £50,000 a year, reflecting the difficult times we face. The years ahead will provide many challenges for residents and the council, especially in ensuring the cuts being forced on us by the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition do not hit the poorest, hardest. However, we must be aware of […]
