Posts Tagged ‘Islington Council’
‘Stands against reason’: Campaign groups push north London councils for eleventh-hour rethink on controversial new incinerator
Groups including Extinction Rebellion are calling for emergency meetings to be held before contract is formally signed next week
Read MoreIslington community centre could be renamed in tribute to UK’s first Black female headteacher
Town Hall in discussions over plan to honour the late Yvonne Conolly
Read MoreCommunity leaders urge people to get involved in local campaign to tackle inequalities
The Town Hall is hoping its Let’s Talk drive will help people share ideas for a fairer borough
Read More‘Let’s support one another’: Islington health champion urges vigilance to avoid winter of rising Covid deaths
Oliur Rahman was laughed at when handing out masks at the start of the pandemic – now he’s one of an army of volunteers still helping to fight the spread
Read MoreLitany of fire safety issues at Islington tower block saw council slapped with an enforcement notice
London Fire Brigade inspectors visited Godfrey House after a blaze gutted a 16th-floor flat back in April
Read MoreMore than 100 agency staff have been working for Islington Council for over two years
Town Hall principle says agency workers should not do more than a year, but it still uses fewer than most London boroughs
Read MoreWhittington Hospital staff and Britain’s first Black headteacher among those awarded the Freedom of Islington
Councillors heap praise on health workers and community leaders as borough hands out its highest honour
Read MoreIslington could be first London council to launch community investment fund for green projects
Residents will be able to invest as little as £5 in local ventures if plans are approved next week
Read MoreIslington to buy back 80 former council homes – with 20 earmarked for Afghan refugees
Borough is first in London to win funding from City Hall’s new Right to Buy Back scheme
Read MoreGreen light for October climate festival in Islington
Two-week event to be held in the run-up to the UN’s climate change conference
Read More‘Large increase’ in young people stopped with prescription drugs in Islington
‘Significant concern’ at Town Hall that youngsters appear to be both taking and dealing the drugs
Read MoreGas boilers to be replaced at council buildings as effort to shrink Islington’s carbon footprint continues
Despite increased awareness, local businesses’ carbon dioxide emissions from gas are up four per cent since 2005
Read MoreTown Hall staff carried out essential housing repairs ‘even if residents had Covid’, councillors told
Building team praised for trusting their training and PPE and ‘doing those jobs without any complaints’
Read MoreTown Hall’s Covid costs could reach £22.7m this year, early forecast shows
Council predicts £200k overspend even with government grants factored in
Read MoreCouncil to cut down on agency fees as staff bills rise during pandemic
Lateral flow tests for its employees have cost the Town Hall almost half a million pounds
Read MoreGrade II-listed family tomb at Bunhill Fields set for restoration
The sunken burial chamber of the Pottengers is close to the grave of Robinson Crusoe author Daniel Dafoe
Read MoreIslington apprentice shortlisted for two awards opens up about mental health and working through the pandemic
Molly Edlin talks to the Citizen after her nomination for best contribution by an apprentice in the London Councils awards
Read MoreUnion cuts funding to London Labour following sacking of long-serving Islington caretaker
Gary Bolister dismissed after taking part in video that inadvertently featured a shot of a local councillor in their home
Read MoreAngel shop’s booze bid prompts debate over antisocial behaviour
Neighbours speak out over antisocial behaviour as appeals made to council to support local business
Read MoreTown Hall set to start charging landlords for contaminated recycling bins
Islington Council are set to begin charging landlords of properties with communal recycling bins if they are found to be contaminated with non-recyclable items. Under plans to be voted on by leading councillors next week, after any communal bin was found to be contaminated, a managing agent or landlord would be subject to a £47.14…
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