Posts Tagged ‘Islington’
Universal Credit claims continue to grow as Town Hall takes £52m Covid hit
The latest claims count, taken on 11 January, was 33,728
Read MoreIslington Council takes stand against ‘punitive culture’ in schools
Council motion slams zero-tolerance approaches as ‘inhumane’ as motion commits borough to tackle school exclusions and off-rolling
Read MoreTown Hall ponders ‘nudge’ behaviour change policies to achieve climate targets
Draft recommendations call for pilot project following review of evidence from behavioural scientists
Read More‘This gives me hope’: Residents come together to discuss solutions to climate emergency
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
Read MoreIslington housing boss raises alarm over Universal Credit rent arrears
Residents able to fill out online UC forms praised as ‘heroes’ as calls repeated for system to be scrapped
Read MoreCouncillors call for in-house medical assessments following NowMedical controversy
Local clinical commissioning group could be asked to deliver assessments instead of private company
Read MoreBoundaries of all but one council ward to change to achieve ‘electoral equality’
Borough to have three more councillors in 2022 local elections
Read MoreTown Hall to review bereavement support after apologising for treatment of grieving mother
Pensioner to receive £200 compensation following confusion over funeral costs and delayed review of benefit overpayments
Read MorePlans amended to reduce office revamp’s ‘harmful’ impact on St John’s Church
Applicants collaborate with English Heritage and Order of St John to provide landscaping scheme
Read MoreCouncil to remove Grenfell cladding from flats on Bridge School campus
Just under £3m of grant funding to be spent to provide ‘enhanced, insulated, environmentally friendly building’
Read MoreTown Hall leaves council tax relief ‘unchanged’ as Greens call for support for poorest residents
Council defends maintenance of 8.5% cap to scheme as providing residents with opportunity to adapt to government cuts
Read MoreCalls made for ‘different approach’ to youngsters involved in drug crime
Impact of ‘open markets’ in Finsbury Park and Kings Cross on drug use stats questioned by councillors
Read MoreTown Hall set to make decision on controversial Holloway Road office block
Councillors look again at proposals as residents continue to raise concerns over ‘noise, pollution and traffic danger’
Read MoreTown Hall accepts ombudsman criticism over business rate debt collection
Council to review council tax and business rate collection policy
Read MoreFinsbury Park flood: Local politicians put ‘serious concerns’ to Thames Water
Local MP Jeremy Corbyn joins Hackney’s political leaders to grill company bosses over their response to last week’s catastrophe
Read More‘Rooms off the back of a lorry’: Modular replacement for Waterlow Building approved
Councillors question ‘sustainability’ of temporary structure
Read MoreIslington racing to become London’s first ‘Living Wage Place’ by end of 2019
Council convenes ‘action group’ of small and medium businesses in fight for fair pay
Read MoreDisused Waterlow building could make way for temporary medical training centre
Plans put forward as part of wider NHS project redeveloping St Pancras Hospital and relocating Moorfields
Read MoreLondon Tenants Federation calls out Town Hall over high service charges
Weekly rates for new tenancies stand at over £18 as campaigners call for London-wide transparency over how charges are set
Read MoreExtinction Rebellion calls on councillors to join them in nailing declarations to Town Hall doors
Town Hall environment boss pledges to ‘take on’ fossil fuel companies
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