Posts Tagged ‘Kaya Comer-Schwartz’
Housing chief Una O’Halloran named leader of Islington Labour
O’Halloran replaces Kaya Comer-Schwartz, who recently quit the council for City Hall
Read MoreJunction by-election: Seven candidates vie for seat vacated by former council leader
The vote for a new councillor in Kaya Comer-Schwartz’s old ward is scheduled for 28 November
Read MoreGovernment budget offers ‘light at end of tunnel’, says acting council leader
Cllr Diarmaid Ward says Chancellor’s spells hope after decade of cuts to local government
Read MoreCouncil leader steps down to take on policing and crime job at City Hall
Cllr Kaya Comer-Schwartz set to replace Sophie Linden as London’s deputy mayor for policing
Read More‘Salami-slicing approach’: Row erupts over Islington Council’s school closure plan
Opposition councillors call in decision to propose a merger of two primaries
Read MorePrimary school in Islington could be axed this year as council plans move ahead
Town Hall proposes merger of Montem and Duncombe schools – doing so ‘with a heavy heart’
Read MoreNew council chief executive promises to deliver ‘a fairer Islington’
Victoria Lawson, Hounslow’s environment and culture chief, announced as successor to Linzi Roberts-Egan
Read MoreIslington council leader ‘shocked and saddened’ over double stabbing deaths
Police given additional stop and search powers under a Section 60 order
Read More‘We celebrate, we remember and we protect’: Mosaic honouring Irish community’s contribution to Islington unveiled in Navigator Square
Irish ambassador to UK ‘delighted’ with recognition
Read More‘Open up our country’: Politicians across north London challenge Whitehall over visas for Turkish and Syrian nationals
Local leaders call for extensions and temporary visas for those affected by last month’s earthquakes
Read MoreIslington marks Holocaust Memorial Day 2023: ‘Remember and listen so we can build a better life’
The event, on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, also remembered those murdered in other genocides
Read MoreMajor plans to green up Islington win political backing – as resident calls for a referendum on LTNs
‘We need to tackle the climate emergency,’ says Town Hall leader
Read MoreIslington leader ‘delighted’ as council invites over-70s for festive meal and music at Assembly Hall
One hundred spots are up for grabs and applications close on 14 December
Read More‘People are already at breaking point’: Islington Council declares cost-of-living emergency
Town Hall calls on government to introduce a range of support measures
Read MoreTeenage boy dies after being stabbed in Highbury Fields – with police appealing for witnesses
Detectives have launched a murder inquiry after the boy was found injured around 9pm last night
Read MoreSurvivors of historic abuse in Islington’s children’s homes can now apply for £10k support payment
Town Hall opens applications for anyone who suffered abuse at the homes between 1966 and 1995
Read MoreFresh faces at Islington’s top table after Labour leader’s post-election reshuffle
Kaya Comer-Schwartz unveils new-look executive following this month’s polls
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 MoreCouncil unveils next year’s budget with vow to ‘protect the most vulnerable’
Finance chief Cllr Satnam Gill outlines spending plans and £6.7m in cuts with dig at ‘disastrous’ Tory government
Read MoreCommunity leaders urge people to get involved in local campaign to tackle inequalities
The Town Hall is hoping its Let’s Talk drive will help people share ideas for a fairer borough
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