Islington Greens Call For Action on Unfair Voting Systems 28th July 2022 / 28th July 2022 by Cat Read more »
Tufnell Park Boundary Changes 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 […] Read more »
New Incinerator Flouts Zero Carbon Emissions Goal 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 […] Read more »
Fuel Cost Increases In Islington 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 […] Read more »
£249 million pensions deficit 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 […] Read more »
Islington Council Signs up to Equal Pavements Pledge 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 […] Read more »
Help for Renters in Islington 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 […] Read more »
