The 80s: Photographing Britain, Tate Britain, exhibition review: ‘A big show with a big takeaway’
This mammoth photography collection showcases artists who found ‘new ways of imagining their local communities’
Read MoreCouncil’s housing failures have thrown up ‘significant risks’, say auditors
Consultancy firm KPMG is leading an inspection at the council following a scathing report into housing service
Read MoreUna O’Halloran officially appointed as Islington’s council leader
Straight-talking housing chief takes top job following Kaya Comer-Schwartz’s resignation
Read More‘We have the ultimate Dame!’: King’s Head boss on new digs, nurturing talent, and its first full-blown panto
Sofi Berenger spoke to the Citizen ahead of a star-studded run of ‘Cinderella’ at the theatre’s new auditorium
Read More‘Shocking’: Parents and teachers protest council plan to close Islington primary school
Town Hall has earmarked Highbury Quadrant primary school for closure in August 2025
Read MoreIslington Council tight-lipped on four-day week after government’s policy shift
Town Hall declines to comment on new power to reduce working days for its employees
Read More‘They’re magical’: Council hears from community centre staff ahead of potential closures
Town Hall has highlighted challenge of keeping all of its community hubs open
Read MoreAntonio Calderara: A Certain Light, Estorick Collection, exhibition review: ‘Gentle formalism with roots in nature’
The Italian artist’s figures and landscapes ‘seem to float in space’
Read MoreHousing chief Una O’Halloran named leader of Islington Labour
O’Halloran replaces Kaya Comer-Schwartz, who recently quit the council for City Hall
Read MoreRoots/Look Back in Anger, Almeida Theatre, stage review: ‘Extremes are the rule of the day’
An ambitious run of two plays using the same cast enables some serious acting chops
Read MoreJunction by-election: Seven candidates vie for seat vacated by former council leader
The vote for a new councillor in Kaya Comer-Schwartz’s old ward is scheduled for 28 November
Read MoreGovernment budget offers ‘light at end of tunnel’, says acting council leader
Cllr Diarmaid Ward says Chancellor’s spells hope after decade of cuts to local government
Read MoreFour ex-Labour councillors officially launch as Islington Independents
Party has ‘veered away from its roots’ over social and economic justice, group says
Read MoreTown Hall signs off plan to boost social care housing amid ‘extreme pressures’
Plans include new properties on defunct Holloway Prison site
Read MoreIslington extends homelessness rights for young care leavers
New rules makes unhoused, care-experienced young people legally entitled to emergency housing
Read MoreIslington allays concerns over finances after quarter of UK councils warn of impending bailouts
Town Hall not in need of emergency cash but continues to lobby government for more long-term funding
Read MoreKeeping all community centres open ‘very challenging’, council warns
Town Hall strategic review to look at how efficiently community hubs are being used
Read MoreOvercrowding is biggest issue within Islington’s social housing, council says
Older residents losing winter fuel payments may get access to smart sensors to keep track of heating
Read MoreCouncil drafts new homelessness strategy following spike in rough sleeping
Town Hall to buy more than 400 extra properties to support unhoused people
Read MoreEurope’s first anti-apartheid museum to open in Islington next year
Former government minister Lord Hain says Centre of Memory and Learning is ‘really important’
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