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Hillrise off-licence approved amid fears of ‘drug pushers’ and violent crime
Locals objected to prospect of ‘cheap booze’ from new Nisa Local at site of pub closed after multiple assaults
Read MoreCouncil awards over £500k in grants for local refugee support
Town Hall gives thousands to ‘inspiring’ local organisations helping borough’s refugees, migrants and people seeking asylum
Read MoreIslington tops all other UK councils in ‘climate scorecard’
Environment chief says Climate Emergency UK chart is ‘recognition of all our efforts’
Read MoreTown Hall welcomes £39bn housing boost but warns of construction costs
Housing chief says Spending Review offers ‘genuine hope government shares our commitment to provide safe, genuinely affordable homes’
Read MoreCouncil nursery worker could be sacked amid infant son’s cancer treatment
New River Green worker Edwina Fleming accuses management of trying to push her out over absences taken while caring for three-year-old undergoing treatment
Read MoreCouncil yet to engage with landlords over climate crisis strategy
Town Hall residents asked for input on climate change hope their work is not ‘just a piece of paper’
Read MoreCabinet shake-up as leader appoints new health and finance chiefs
Council AGM sees election of first Black man as civic mayor, as Cllrs Flora Williamson and Sara Hyde take new briefs
Read More‘We’ve had enough’: Housing protesters crash Islington Council’s Annual General Meeting
ACORN renters campaigners demand for ‘concrete solutions’ to community safety and housing issues prompts strong reaction from Labour councillor
Read MoreCouncil to continue locking parks after locals raise alarm over crime and disorder
Council backed down on plans to leave most public parks and gardens unlocked overnight after majority rejected the idea
Read MoreCouncil has claimed £300,000 from tenancy fraudsters since last year
Seventy-five rental properties recovered and reallocated to those on borough’s waiting list
Read More‘It might not be over’: Islington families keep up the fight following school closures
Council officers reject opposition’s move to call in decision, setting back parents’ plans for judicial review
Read MoreIslington councillor calls for protection of trans-inclusive toilets
Caroline Russell AM says any outcome following Supreme Court ruling that makes life harder for trans people would be ‘extraordinarily cruel’
Read MoreTown Hall to close two primary schools as pupil numbers fold
St Jude and St Paul’s and Highbury Quadrant will shut permanently on 31 August
Read MoreCouncillors write to Home Office over ‘damaging’ hotel asylum policy
Town Hall leaders say shared rooms exacerbate mental health crises for occupants
Read MoreIslington set to abandon Finsbury Leisure Centre plans in £10m loss for council
Leader Una O’Halloran cancels project tipped to deliver 200 homes over ballooning costs and ‘local concerns’
Read MoreThree Islington primary schools offering free breakfast clubs in state-backed trial
Laycock, Vittoria and Whitehall Park are providing 30 minutes of care before school until July
Read MoreParents demand public consultation on ‘merging’ primary schools facing shutdown
Families of Highbury Quadrant and St Jude and St Paul’s argue another way as fate of schools due to be decided next week
Read MoreNational Youth Theatre courts drama with alcohol licence bid
Playhouse wants to sell booze and stage performances until midnight but some locals fear they will ‘never sleep again’
Read MoreIslington’s cabinet to vote on school closures next week
Council’s decision on proposals to shut Highbury Quadrant and St Jude and St Paul’s primary schools slated for 24 April
Read MoreTown Hall pursuing cross-council campaign to halt Islington school closures
Islington Council to push for change to inner London funding – but new efforts will not affect current plans to close two primaries this year
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