Posts Tagged ‘Diarmaid Ward’
Parties trade blows over housing and scrutiny as council passes budget
Outgoing finance chief Diarmaid Ward delivers swansong budget before stepping down in May
Read MoreIslington’s finance chief to quit executive in May and leave council next year
Cllr Diarmaid Ward says after ‘nine brilliant years’ it is time to hand over reins and look for ‘next opportunity’
Read More‘Right to Buy should be abolished,’ says Islington’s finance chief
Cllr Diarmaid Ward lays out stark difficulties facing local government in wide-ranging interview, as council publishes latest budget plans
Read MoreIslington’s finance chief says budget will protect frontline services amid tax hikes and cutbacks
Council tax set to rise by 4.99 per cent in borough while Town Hall mulls close to £44 million in cuts
Read MoreCouncil defends progress on divestment as campaigners ramp up pressure
‘We’re getting there’ says pensions committee chair Cllr Paul Convery after changing tack on investment strategy this week
Read More‘Awful lot to do’ to improve complaints-handling, Islington Council admits
Councillors attack ‘surreal’ and ‘farcical’ situation in light of watchdog’s most recent report
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 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 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 MoreCouncil leader steps down to take on policing and crime job at City Hall
Cllr Kaya Comer-Schwartz set to replace Sophie Linden as London’s deputy mayor for policing
Read MoreTown Hall buying four ex-council homes per week, report shows
Council is purchasing former Right to Buy homes to provide temporary accommodation
Read MoreIslington councillors pass motion urging government to scrap two-child benefit cap
Politicians vote in favour of abolishing ‘punitive’ national policy
Read MoreCouncil seeks advice on divestment after Waltham Forest pulls funds from arms trade
Decision to withdraw pension fund from companies linked to human rights abuses was previously delayed
Read MoreCouncil to draw up ‘most robust ethical criteria ever’ for future banking partner
The promise follows concerns over the council’s contract with Barclays, which expires next year
Read More‘Monstrous’: Footballers kick out at council plans for Finsbury Leisure Centre
Residents are up in arms over mammoth development, but council says ‘doing nothing is not an option’ amid housing crisis
Read MoreResidents slam council’s ‘destructive’ plans for Finsbury Leisure Centre
Campaign group EC1 Voices calls for a halt to developments in one of the country’s ‘densest areas’
Read More‘Absolute disgrace’: Campaigners renew calls for empty government-owned flats to be turned over to the council
Whitehall has racked up a £361k bill in three years for 28 vacant properties in face of national housing crisis
Read MoreCampaigners occupy empty Islington flats as they urge government to give them to families in need
Housing Rebellion wants Ministry of Justice to hand over the 28 flats by Pentonville Prison to the council
Read MoreHousing campaigners and councillors to stage protest against government’s Islington flats being left empty
Protest to take place this Saturday at Wellington Mews
Read More‘Terrible deal’: Finsbury Leisure Centre campaigners call on council to put ‘grandiose’ rebuild on hold
Planning chief defends ‘great development’ and says he won’t apologise for creating new homes
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