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Posts Tagged ‘Islington’

Universal Credit claims continue to grow as Town Hall takes £52m Covid hit

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 5 March 2021

The latest claims count, taken on 11 January, was 33,728

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Islington Council takes stand against ‘punitive culture’ in schools

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 11 December 2020

Council motion slams zero-tolerance approaches as ‘inhumane’ as motion commits borough to tackle school exclusions and off-rolling

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Town Hall ponders ‘nudge’ behaviour change policies to achieve climate targets

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 28 September 2020

Draft recommendations call for pilot project following review of evidence from behavioural scientists

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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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Islington housing boss raises alarm over Universal Credit rent arrears

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 4 March 2020

Residents able to fill out online UC forms praised as ‘heroes’ as calls repeated for system to be scrapped

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Councillors call for in-house medical assessments following NowMedical controversy

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 26 February 2020

Local clinical commissioning group could be asked to deliver assessments instead of private company

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Boundaries of all but one council ward to change to achieve ‘electoral equality’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 9 January 2020

Borough to have three more councillors in 2022 local elections

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Town Hall to review bereavement support after apologising for treatment of grieving mother

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 6 January 2020

Pensioner to receive £200 compensation following confusion over funeral costs and delayed review of benefit overpayments

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Plans amended to reduce office revamp’s ‘harmful’ impact on St John’s Church

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 10 December 2019

Applicants collaborate with English Heritage and Order of St John to provide landscaping scheme

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Council to remove Grenfell cladding from flats on Bridge School campus

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 6 December 2019

Just under £3m of grant funding to be spent to provide ‘enhanced, insulated, environmentally friendly building’

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Town Hall leaves council tax relief ‘unchanged’ as Greens call for support for poorest residents

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 6 December 2019

Council defends maintenance of 8.5% cap to scheme as providing residents with opportunity to adapt to government cuts

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Calls made for ‘different approach’ to youngsters involved in drug crime

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 22 November 2019

Impact of ‘open markets’ in Finsbury Park and Kings Cross on drug use stats questioned by councillors

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Town Hall set to make decision on controversial Holloway Road office block

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 12 November 2019

Councillors look again at proposals as residents continue to raise concerns over ‘noise, pollution and traffic danger’

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Town Hall accepts ombudsman criticism over business rate debt collection

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 23 October 2019

Council to review council tax and business rate collection policy

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Finsbury Park flood: Local politicians put ‘serious concerns’ to Thames Water

By Islington Citizen | Friday 18 October 2019

Local MP Jeremy Corbyn joins Hackney’s political leaders to grill company bosses over their response to last week’s catastrophe

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‘Rooms off the back of a lorry’: Modular replacement for Waterlow Building approved

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 16 October 2019

Councillors question ‘sustainability’ of temporary structure

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Islington racing to become London’s first ‘Living Wage Place’ by end of 2019

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 14 October 2019

Council convenes ‘action group’ of small and medium businesses in fight for fair pay

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Disused Waterlow building could make way for temporary medical training centre

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 7 October 2019

Plans put forward as part of wider NHS project redeveloping St Pancras Hospital and relocating Moorfields

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London Tenants Federation calls out Town Hall over high service charges

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 2 October 2019

Weekly rates for new tenancies stand at over £18 as campaigners call for London-wide transparency over how charges are set

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Extinction Rebellion calls on councillors to join them in nailing declarations to Town Hall doors

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

Town Hall environment boss pledges to ‘take on’ fossil fuel companies

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