Posts Tagged ‘Jeremy Corbyn’
Islington’s cabinet to vote on school closures next week
Council’s decision on proposals to shut Highbury Quadrant and St Jude and St Paul’s primary schools slated for 24 April
Read MorePupils join forces on bus tour protest against Islington primary closures
‘It’s not our kids’ job to balance budget,’ say teachers leading strike action
Read MorePrimary pupils protest plans to close Islington schools
Local MP Jeremy Corbyn slammed for suggesting council had an ‘agenda’
Read More‘We need housing as a right’: Jeremy Corbyn hits out at UK’s ‘profit and greed crisis’ at rally to celebrate his 40 years as an MP
Hundreds came out to mark the now-independent MP’s parliamentary anniversary
Read More‘We are here for you’: Politicians offer words of support as Islington remembers victims of earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
Community leaders speak of the challenges in helping survivors of the disaster
Read More‘They shot her there and then’: Holocaust survivor shares horrific experience during Islington’s remembrance ceremony
Local politicians condemn antisemitism after Harry Olmer, 94, recounts the his family’s treatment at the hands of the Nazis
Read MoreCall for pause on incinerator plans: ‘If we are serious about net zero we must reduce the turnover of stuff in the borough’
Politicians backing the pause include MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Catherine West
Read MoreWhittington Hospital’s £21m Covid response contributes to its ‘biggest annual spend in a decade’
‘We’re not out of the woods yet,’ finance chief warns as staff prepare for a challenging winter
Read MoreCorbyn leads tributes as university handyman Mick Gilgunn elected to Islington Council after landslide by-election win
Gilgunn wins with 59 per cent of the vote to fill seat vacated by former council leader Richard Watts
Read MoreRichard Watts to stand down as leader of Islington Council
Watts signals May departure following eight years in the role
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 MoreShelter from the Storm secures new home on Archway estate
“We help people move on and up in a way that is fruitful for them,” says co-founder
Read MoreIslington council elections 2018: analysis
Islington is the only local authority in London to see no change in council seats, but turbulence lurks beneath the surface
Read MoreRichard Watts defends Jeremy Corbyn – but calls idea Labour has no anti-semitism a ‘denial of a reality’
Islington council leader weighs in on Labour’s anti-semitism row after Jewish protest
Read MoreIslington becomes first UK council to sign new modern slavery charter
Town Hall pledges to eradicate the ‘insidious practice’ from its supply chain
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