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Posts Tagged ‘Caroline Russell’

Council rejects call to scrap ‘ill-thought-out’ Low Traffic Neighbourhoods – despite 10,500 signature petition

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 10 December 2021
Ultra Low Emission Streets sign

Conservative councillor was reminded that the government is committed to LTNs and ‘believe they work and want councils to carry on’

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Call for pause on incinerator plans: ‘If we are serious about net zero we must reduce the turnover of stuff in the borough’

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 10 December 2021

Politicians backing the pause include MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Catherine West

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Council reveals plan for a tree warden on every estate in Islington

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 18 October 2021

Announcement is part of effort to increase canopy cover across the borough

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Islington could be first London council to launch community investment fund for green projects

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 7 October 2021

Residents will be able to invest as little as £5 in local ventures if plans are approved next week

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Islington councillor accuses Scotland Yard of ‘leadership failure’ amid claims officers are still stopping people based on cannabis smell

By Jacob Dirnhuber, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 9 July 2021
Green party Assembly Member Caroline Russell

The Metropolitan Police vowed to end the practice eight months ago

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Green councillor calls on Town Hall to support Universal Basic Income

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 7 December 2020
Green party Assembly Member Caroline Russell

Cllr Caroline Russell says move would ‘break the link between work and consumption’

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

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 11 March 2020

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

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

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 27 September 2019

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

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‘Uncosted wishlist’: Councillors clash over tax relief proposal

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 21 September 2018

Green councillor calls for imitation of Camden scheme in exempting borough’s poorest from council tax

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Concerns raised over electric vehicle charging points ‘cluttering’ Islington’s pavements

By Emma Snaith, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 20 July 2018

‘New charging point has put another obstacle in the way of local blind woman,’ says Cllr Caroline Russell

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Green councillor accuses Labour leader of choosing ‘petty party politics’ over leading on fair votes

By Emma Snaith, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 19 July 2018
Green party Assembly Member Caroline Russell

‘If local councils don’t speak up about their own situation, why should government even think there is a need for change?’

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Islington Labour rejects Green calls for proportional representation at local elections

By Emma Snaith, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 18 July 2018
Council Leader Richard Watts (left) and Cllr Caroline Russell

Labour gained 61 per cent of the votes in May’s local elections, winning 98 per cent of the seats

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Residents to have a say on traffic restrictions for new cycle Quietway

By Emma Snaith, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 17 July 2018

Cycling campaigners delivered a 2,000-signature petition to the Town Hall in February

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Revealed: Islington Council’s youth service budget cuts

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 31 May 2018

Cuts of almost £2 million in five years to universal services

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Watts says Tory cuts ‘undermine’ Islington’s anti-knife crime efforts after Town Hall stabbing

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 25 May 2018
Richard Watts

Council Leader slams government in re-election speech

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Islington Council ‘sorry’ after failing to publish register of large payments since end of 2017

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 15 May 2018

Town Hall blames understaffing and vows to publish data next week

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Islington Council Leader congratulates Green Party’s Caroline Russell on re-election

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 10 May 2018
Council Leader Richard Watts (left) and Cllr Caroline Russell

Labour’s Richard Watts also hails his party’s 47-seat majority

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Islington council elections 2018: analysis

By Sarah Birch | Monday 7 May 2018
Islington election results 2018

Islington is the only local authority in London to see no change in council seats, but turbulence lurks beneath the surface

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Green Party’s Russell hits back at Watts’s claim ‘super-majority’ Labour council can police itself

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 2 May 2018
Council Leader Richard Watts (left) and Cllr Caroline Russell

Caroline Russell says more Green councillors will help scrutinise Town Hall

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Green Party’s Caroline Russell slams Town Hall over ‘black mould’ and ‘poor doors’ in Islington homes

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 27 April 2018

Cllr Russell talks housing and air pollution in Citizen interview

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