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Highbury needs more people-friendly streets not this Council "innovation" 22 Apr 2013 | 06:17 pm
The controversy surrounding the Drayton Park width restriction layout exposes Islington Council's muddled thinking about managing our roads and an apparent lack of any consideration for the safety a...
Solidarity with the PCS Union Strikers! 20 Mar 2013 | 07:42 pm
I'm just back from the picket line at Euston Tower, joining representatives of the PCS Union and Unison on their budget day #M20 strike to protest against Government attacks on civil servants' pay, pe...
Wildlife Vandalism - Drayton Park Sidings 20 Mar 2013 | 06:01 pm
As you might have read in the local papers, a couple of weekends ago Network Rail workers completely destroyed the trees and shrubs at Drayton Park Station sidings, a site of Local Importance for Natu...
Why Clissold Park needs a Cafe for All (and why it matters!) 3 Apr 2012 | 03:21 am
What does the Stephen Lawrence inquiry have to do with the recent row over the decision to award the contract for Clissold Park cafe to multi-million pound catering company the Company of Cooks? At fi...
Happy International Women's Day! 9 Mar 2012 | 05:00 am
Shortly before Caroline Lucas was elected as the Green Party's first ever MP, the Fawcett Society ran a campaign called "What about Women?" highlighting the importance of women's issues in the runup t...
Highbury Roundhouse - Let's see what we can do! 3 Feb 2012 | 01:30 am
A good turn out of concerned residents attended the Highbury East Ward Partnership meeting on Tuesday night to hear the latest update on plans for the Highbury Roundhouse. The planning brief for the p...
Ward Partnerships - democratic accountability? 2 Feb 2012 | 04:40 am
Local residents wishing to "play a role in influencing decisions and services in their areas" are invited by the Council to do so through attendance at regular ward partnership meetings with elected c...
Can we trust Islington Labour to safeguard our trees? 18 Jun 2011 | 10:48 am
Last week, the campaign to save two mature plane trees in Richmond Avenue, came to an abrupt conclusion when the trees were unceremoniously chopped down by the Council. As reported by the Islington Tr...
Alternatives to the Cuts - meeting 22nd March 26 Mar 2011 | 04:43 am
In advance of the big March for the Alternative on Saturday, Camden, Haringey and Islington Green Parties held a public meeting in Archway, to encourage discussion of economic alternatives to the dama...
Parking, fairness & health - will the Council join the dots? 11 Feb 2011 | 02:04 am
For a Council engaged in a Fairness commission, Islington is doing a strange job of ignoring the impact of its policies on health inequality. Last Aug, prompted by the revelation that Islington has t...
