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Green councillor calls for similar meetings to be held once a month as council leader says Town Hall has made ‘good first stab’ at net zero

Residents able to fill out online UC forms praised as ‘heroes’ as calls repeated for system to be scrapped

The six-hospital NHS trust warns of a £14m deficit ahead of the coming year in a report for Islington Council

Majority of those surveyed excited by prospect of new ‘world-class’ centre in King’s Cross, despite accessibility concerns

Pensioner to receive £200 compensation following confusion over funeral costs and delayed review of benefit overpayments

Applicants collaborate with English Heritage and Order of St John to provide landscaping scheme

Just under £3m of grant funding to be spent to provide ‘enhanced, insulated, environmentally friendly building’

Council defends maintenance of 8.5% cap to scheme as providing residents with opportunity to adapt to government cuts

Impact of ‘open markets’ in Finsbury Park and Kings Cross on drug use stats questioned by councillors

Council to review council tax and business rate collection policy

Town Hall plans for site to be used for ‘much-needed housing’

Local MP Jeremy Corbyn joins Hackney’s political leaders to grill company bosses over their response to last week’s catastrophe

Councillors question ‘sustainability’ of temporary structure

Council convenes ‘action group’ of small and medium businesses in fight for fair pay

Move prompted by central government’s lifting of HRA borrowing cap as councillors seek to lift £6m ceiling for expenditure

Weekly rates for new tenancies stand at over £18 as campaigners call for London-wide transparency over how charges are set

Town Hall environment boss pledges to ‘take on’ fossil fuel companies

Town Hall votes unanimously to oppose no deal Brexit ‘in the strongest terms’

Motion calls for 10 per cent pay rise for local authority and school employees and £10 minimum wage

Byelaw to be voted on next week as Town Hall attempts balance between barbecue users’ freedoms and concerns of locals

‘This gives me hope’: Residents come together to discuss solutions to climate emergency

Islington housing boss raises alarm over Universal Credit rent arrears

University College London Hospitals warn of ‘significant financial challenges’

Consultation shows ‘overall support’ for Moorfields Eye Hospital move

Plans amended to reduce office revamp’s ‘harmful’ impact on St John’s Church

Council to remove Grenfell cladding from flats on Bridge School campus

Town Hall leaves council tax relief ‘unchanged’ as Greens call for support for poorest residents

Calls made for ‘different approach’ to youngsters involved in drug crime

Drovers Centre to close over costs despite users’ opposition

Finsbury Park flood: Local politicians put ‘serious concerns’ to Thames Water

‘Rooms off the back of a lorry’: Modular replacement for Waterlow Building approved

Islington racing to become London’s first ‘Living Wage Place’ by end of 2019

Town Hall gears up for unlimited spending on council home purchases

London Tenants Federation calls out Town Hall over high service charges

Extinction Rebellion calls on councillors to join them in nailing declarations to Town Hall doors

‘Utterly bloody disgraceful’: Islington councillors unite in condemnation of Prime Minister

Councillors to vote on ‘fully funded and proper’ pay rise for council workers

Council plan crackdown on Highbury Fields barbecues as calls for full ban continue