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Council awards over £500k in grants for local refugee support

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 20 June 2025

Town Hall gives thousands to ‘inspiring’ local organisations helping borough’s refugees, migrants and people seeking asylum

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Islington tops all other UK councils in ‘climate scorecard’

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 19 June 2025

Environment chief says Climate Emergency UK chart is ‘recognition of all our efforts’

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Town Hall welcomes £39bn housing boost but warns of construction costs

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 16 June 2025

Housing chief says Spending Review offers ‘genuine hope government shares our commitment to provide safe, genuinely affordable homes’

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Council nursery worker could be sacked amid infant son’s cancer treatment

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 12 June 2025

New River Green worker Edwina Fleming accuses management of trying to push her out over absences taken while caring for three-year-old undergoing treatment

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Council yet to engage with landlords over climate crisis strategy

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 19 May 2025

Town Hall residents asked for input on climate change hope their work is not ‘just a piece of paper’

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Cabinet shake-up as leader appoints new health and finance chiefs

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 16 May 2025
Cllrs Williamson and Hyde

Council AGM sees election of first Black man as civic mayor, as Cllrs Flora Williamson and Sara Hyde take new briefs

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‘We’ve had enough’: Housing protesters crash Islington Council’s Annual General Meeting

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 16 May 2025
ACORN protesters gathered outside the Town Hall ahead of the Annual General Meeting

ACORN renters campaigners demand for ‘concrete solutions’ to community safety and housing issues prompts strong reaction from Labour councillor

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Council to continue locking parks after locals raise alarm over crime and disorder

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 7 May 2025

Council backed down on plans to leave most public parks and gardens unlocked overnight after majority rejected the idea

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Council has claimed £300,000 from tenancy fraudsters since last year

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 7 May 2025
Islington Town Hall

Seventy-five rental properties recovered and reallocated to those on borough’s waiting list

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‘It might not be over’: Islington families keep up the fight following school closures

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 2 May 2025

Council officers reject opposition’s move to call in decision, setting back parents’ plans for judicial review

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Islington councillor calls for protection of trans-inclusive toilets

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Saturday 26 April 2025

Caroline Russell AM says any outcome following Supreme Court ruling that makes life harder for trans people would be ‘extraordinarily cruel’

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Town Hall to close two primary schools as pupil numbers fold

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Saturday 26 April 2025

St Jude and St Paul’s and Highbury Quadrant will shut permanently on 31 August

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Councillors write to Home Office over ‘damaging’ hotel asylum policy

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 24 April 2025

Town Hall leaders say shared rooms exacerbate mental health crises for occupants

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Islington set to abandon Finsbury Leisure Centre plans in £10m loss for council

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 24 April 2025

Leader Una O’Halloran cancels project tipped to deliver 200 homes over ballooning costs and ‘local concerns’

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Three Islington primary schools offering free breakfast clubs in state-backed trial

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 22 April 2025

Laycock, Vittoria and Whitehall Park are providing 30 minutes of care before school until July

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Parents demand public consultation on ‘merging’ primary schools facing shutdown

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 17 April 2025

Families of Highbury Quadrant and St Jude and St Paul’s argue another way as fate of schools due to be decided next week

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National Youth Theatre courts drama with alcohol licence bid

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 17 April 2025

Playhouse wants to sell booze and stage performances until midnight but some locals fear they will ‘never sleep again’

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Islington’s cabinet to vote on school closures next week

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 16 April 2025

Council’s decision on proposals to shut Highbury Quadrant and St Jude and St Paul’s primary schools slated for 24 April

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Town Hall pursuing cross-council campaign to halt Islington school closures

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 11 April 2025
Highbury Quadrant parents, teachers and children march in protest

Islington Council to push for change to inner London funding – but new efforts will not affect current plans to close two primaries this year

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Nearly two thirds of Islington landlords oppose selective licensing, survey reveals

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 9 April 2025
Islington Town Hall

Tougher letting rules backed by majority of private tenants in borough

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