Up-and-coming King’s Cross theatre seeks late-night comedy licence
One objection received to application as theatre reassures that its crowds are ‘quiet’
Read MoreNHS England accused of ‘top-down power grab’ by council leader and campaigners
Keep Our NHS Public claim reforms under long-term plan could harm local accountability
Read MoreBrexit uncertainty casts shadow over £400m Moorfields Eye Hospital relocation
Councillors give careful scrutiny to decision to move to St Pancras site
Read MoreDeputy leader reassures councillors over potentially ‘frightening’ social care savings
New approach to care packages described as ‘holy grail, producing better services and saving money’
Read MoreCouncil tax to rise by 2.99 per cent as finance chief bemoans ‘forced’ cuts
Green councillor calls for cost of parking bikes in hangars to be added to annual car parking permit price
Read MoreShipwreck, Almeida Theatre, review: ‘Full of a fantasmagoric energy’
Fisayo Akinade shines in this ‘compelling exploration of the American moral landscape in Trump time’
Read MoreFair Funding Review in for ‘robust criticism’ with London set to lose out
‘The government is looking to shift money from places like Islington to leafier shires’, says councillor
Read MoreThree quarters of council tenants on Universal Credit now in arrears
Average arrears at £1200 as council reviews evidence from ‘distressed’ claimants
Read MoreCouncillors and residents ‘scorn’ Partners for Improvement boss at tense Town Hall meeting
‘Islington handed over to you the care of our properties. When do you intend to start?’
Read MoreCity Road supermarket slammed for ‘severe lack of effective management’
Management accused of having ‘little or no operational control in the business’
Read MoreTown Hall considers setting targets for council workers’ sick days
‘Robust action plan’ in response to rising trend in sickness absence
Read MoreFinance chief slams ‘incredibly severe’ budget cuts after government funding announcement
London Councils calls for ‘new vision for local government’
Read MoreChild refugee scrapbook gets funding nod to go online
Spanish Civil War-era document praised as ‘unique item’ by Marx Memorial Library
Read MoreTown Hall sees upheld complaints spike by 25 per cent in a year
Increase attributed to ombudsman’s ‘wider and more rigorous approach to investigations’
Read MoreCouncil set for £5 million windfall in ‘new homes’ bonuses
70 per cent core funding cuts continue to bite as Town Hall faces £50m budget gap
Read MoreThames Water up for Town Hall review two years after ‘unacceptable’ response to Angel floods
‘The delays in Thames Water responding to this situation exacerbated the devastation’
Read MoreFausto Melotti comes to Highbury
A new exhibition of the artist’s work exudes geometric harmony
Read MoreLocal Democracy Reporting Service celebrates first birthday
50,000 stories published across the country in first year of operation
Read MoreCan free school meals help tackle predicted rise in food poverty? asks council
Officers looking at rolling out popular ‘Lunch Bunch’ pilot in time for Easter
Read MoreSharp rise in school exclusions under the microscope in Islington
‘When you get exclusions, either temporary or permanent, it hangs over these kids,’ says councillor
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