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27th February 2020 by Islington Green Party
As the sole Green Party Councillor Caroline Russell has once again put forward an amendment to the Labour budget. The amendment focuses on a few key proposals, starting with making sure it is never cheaper to park a car than a bike. By raising the cost of every car parking band by £107.25 per annum […]
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10th December 2019 by Islington Green Party
A council by-election has been declared for St George’s ward on the 12th December. Residents living in Tufnell Park, including EU citizens, will be electing a new local councillor as well as their next MP. Caroline Russell will be standing for MP in Islington North and Natasha Cox will be standing in the council by-election. […]
14th November 2019 by Islington Green Party
On December 12th, in St. George’s ward there are two elections happening – the general election, and a local council by-election, caused by the unexpected resignation of a Labour counselor. In the 2018 local elections the Greens were overall second in Islington, and Natasha Cox was 5% off from being elected to the council. […]
7th November 2019 by Islington Green Party
Islington Green Party is proud that Caroline Russell and Talia Hussain are its candidates to contest Islington North and South in the 2019 general election. Caroline Russell has been the sole opposition councilor in Islington since 2014, holding Labour to account on issues ranging from air pollution to access to local services. In 2018 she […]
29th October 2019 by Islington Green Party
After years of pushing from Greens on the London Assembly, the Mayor has finally started to look at ways to get London rents under control. Since being elected to the London Assembly, Siân Berry has pushed and questioned Sadiq Khan again and again, asking him to campaign for powers over housing in the capital so […]
22nd October 2019 by Islington Green Party
London‛s Green MEP Scott Ainslie has launched a new campaign to show solidarity with EU citizens living here, after ’shameful‛ treatment by the Conservative government. He said: “It‛s been three years since the referendum. The Conservative government continues to deny certainty to the one million EU citizens living in London – and to the disgrace […]
15th October 2019 by Islington Green Party
With Westminster in meltdown, London has been the focal point as thousands marched against the Conservative government‛s undemocratic decision to suspend Parliament. Green Party candidate for London Mayor, Siân Berry spoke out about the crisis: “It‛s an outrage that BorisJohnson was willing to shut down Parliament to try and force through a crashout Brexit. It‛s […]
10th October 2019 by Islington Green Party
Current mayor Sadiq Khan is cutting nearly one in ten of inner London bus miles at the same time as failing to fix outer London‛s transport. Green Assembly Member and Islington Councillor Caroline Russell says the Mayor claimed he would open new routes in outer London to make up for the losses to services – […]
8th October 2019 by Islington Green Party
London‛s children became climate leaders, as the school climate strikes saw 100,000 people take to the streets to demand immediate action to prevent catastrophic climate breakdown. Greens stood side-by-side with them. Young Green, and London Assembly candidate Hannah Graham said: “It was a wonderful and inspiring day in Parliament Square, joining the global climate strike. […]
5th October 2019 by Islington Green Party
Councils across London are demolishing estates for new developments, breaking up communities and not delivering much needed homes. Over 4,000 council homes have been demolished by councils and not replaced in the past 15 years, with thousands more losses in the pipeline. Thanks to Greens working with tenants to change the Mayor‛s policies, estate plans […]