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Plans amended to reduce office revamp’s ‘harmful’ impact on St John’s Church
Applicants collaborate with English Heritage and Order of St John to provide landscaping scheme
Read MoreCouncil to remove Grenfell cladding from flats on Bridge School campus
Just under £3m of grant funding to be spent to provide ‘enhanced, insulated, environmentally friendly building’
Read MoreTown Hall leaves council tax relief ‘unchanged’ as Greens call for support for poorest residents
Council defends maintenance of 8.5% cap to scheme as providing residents with opportunity to adapt to government cuts
Read MoreCalls made for ‘different approach’ to youngsters involved in drug crime
Impact of ‘open markets’ in Finsbury Park and Kings Cross on drug use stats questioned by councillors
Read MoreTown Hall accepts ombudsman criticism over business rate debt collection
Council to review council tax and business rate collection policy
Read MoreDrovers Centre to close over costs despite users’ opposition
Town Hall plans for site to be used for ‘much-needed housing’
Read MoreFinsbury Park flood: Local politicians put ‘serious concerns’ to Thames Water
Local MP Jeremy Corbyn joins Hackney’s political leaders to grill company bosses over their response to last week’s catastrophe
Read More‘Rooms off the back of a lorry’: Modular replacement for Waterlow Building approved
Councillors question ‘sustainability’ of temporary structure
Read MoreIslington racing to become London’s first ‘Living Wage Place’ by end of 2019
Council convenes ‘action group’ of small and medium businesses in fight for fair pay
Read MoreTown Hall gears up for unlimited spending on council home purchases
Move prompted by central government’s lifting of HRA borrowing cap as councillors seek to lift £6m ceiling for expenditure
Read MoreLondon Tenants Federation calls out Town Hall over high service charges
Weekly rates for new tenancies stand at over £18 as campaigners call for London-wide transparency over how charges are set
Read MoreExtinction Rebellion calls on councillors to join them in nailing declarations to Town Hall doors
Town Hall environment boss pledges to ‘take on’ fossil fuel companies
Read More‘Utterly bloody disgraceful’: Islington councillors unite in condemnation of Prime Minister
Town Hall votes unanimously to oppose no deal Brexit ‘in the strongest terms’
Read MoreCouncillors to vote on ‘fully funded and proper’ pay rise for council workers
Motion calls for 10 per cent pay rise for local authority and school employees and £10 minimum wage
Read MoreCouncil plan crackdown on Highbury Fields barbecues as calls for full ban continue
Byelaw to be voted on next week as Town Hall attempts balance between barbecue users’ freedoms and concerns of locals
Read MorePunk guitarist in bin dispute over plans for Holloway Road office block
Viv Albertine speaks out with Fairbridge Road residents over ‘unacceptable’ impact from planned refuse store
Read More‘Possibly iconic’ new look for Old Street station approved – but Hackney concerns remain
Transport boss ‘strongly urges’ Islington Council and TfL to alter plans amidst warnings of increased traffic flow
Read MoreCouncillors urged to show ‘responsible political leadership’ as Brexit deadline looms
Committee hears update on preparations for potential fuel, food and medicine shortages
Read MoreConfusion over council complaints rate leads committee chair to call for ‘true position’
Officers scolded as questions raised over accuracy of figures
Read MoreTown Hall hoards cash in expectation of no-deal Brexit
Islington expands its cash reserves as councillor warns the country is ‘hurtling’ towards the cliff edge
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