Islington Council chamber became heated last week as outgoing finance chief Diarmaid Ward laid into the Green opposition for blocking previous plans for more...
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Thursday’s full council meeting saw a significant show of unity as members approved a cross-party motion to stand together “against racism and fascism”...
Islington Council’s banking contract with Barclays comes to an end in 2025 – and finance chief Cllr Diarmaid Ward has promised that whoever is chosen as the...
Sadiq Khan is forecast to miss a key milestone in his mission to encourage Londoners away from using their cars towards greener modes of transport, his deputy...
The Finsbury Leisure Centre site, with four popular football pitches in one of the most densely populated wards in the UK, is threatened yet again with...
Young women in Islington are expected to spend nearly two years more of their lives providing unpaid care than their male counterparts, new analysis shows.
The proportion of household waste sent for recycling in Islington fell last year, new figures show.
Islington’s deputy mayor is amongst those urging Labour leader Keir Starmer to support a ceasefire in Gaza as one councillor said she could no longer serve in...
Three Islington Labour councillors have joined calls for party leader Keir Starmer to back a ceasefire in Gaza to save lives.
London Borough of Islington Pension Fund has invested almost £20 million in fossil fuel companies, a new investigation has found.
Girls are asking Islington Council to help fund their football teams so they can follow in the footsteps of the Lionesses.
Council has been calling for empty homes to be handed over
A former headquarters for a children’s charity could be demolished and replaced with a new four-storey office block.
Two fraudsters who charged more than £128,000 for building work valued at only £12,000 have both been given prison sentences following action from Islington...
Islington Council spent more than £3 million on staff redundancy settlements last year, new figures show.
Islington council exceeded its allowance from the Government for supporting people with housing costs in the year to March, new figures show.
Campaigners want to save Islington ice rink
Islington Council launches targeted £1 million Hardship Fund to help thousands ‘struggling to cope’ in cost of living crisis
Housing bosses will only ask GPs to provide letters about residents’ health if they need more information in a bid to save residents fees for GP letters
Islington's street trees appear to be suffering in climate emergency
Low school rolls mean schools in jeopardy
"Disgrace" as empty homes deteriorate
Pooles Park primary school has 223 empty places and Islington’s executive of senior councillors are poised to approve formal consultation about closing it.
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