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Plans for 100 new apprenticeships
The council has announced plans for 100 new apprenticeships over the next year. Council leader Catherine West said they are in talks with construction companies to provide the positions. “I’d like to...
View ArticlePlaque to honour Mary Wollstonecraft
From behind the gates at Newington Green Primary School, council leader Catherine West joked: “I feel like I’m in a prison.” But her purpose was the celebration of freedom and women’s rights, as she...
View ArticleIgnoring the census could cost £7500 a person
Islington will miss out on £7,500 of funding for every resident who fails to fill in their census, the council has warned. The census has been carried out every ten years since 1801 as a way of...
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Women will suffer, say Labour MPs
Labour MPs and charity workers called on women to join in protests against the cuts at a public meeting to mark International Women’s Week on Saturday. Karen Buck, frontbench spokeswoman for work and...
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Jeremy Corbyn and Islington Councillors protest against NHS bill at St Thomas’
Protesting outside St Thomas' Hospital in Westminster are (L-R) Adeline O’Keeffe, Jeremy Corbyn MP, and Islington councillors Cllr Catherine West and Cllr Janet Burgess JEREMY Corbyn joined 300...
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Islington Council’s Catherine West wins leader of the year
Islington Town Hall. Image: Laura Nolte Two Islington councillors have been honoured at the 2013 Councillor Achievement Awards for their work in the borough. Labour council leader Catherine West...
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Lib Dems unimpressed as council passes budget
The budget includes plans to extend CCTV. Image: Cory Doctorow Islington Council has passed its 2013/4 budget, which includes plans to revamp and extend CCTV across the borough and ensures that all its...
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Islington: A nursery council?
Margaret Hodge, recently seen making the CEO of Starbucks squirm like a schoolboy; James Purnell, newly appointed BBC director of strategy and digital; and shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg —...
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Getting down to business for National Apprenticeship Week
Kevin McLoughlin, National Apprenticeship Ambassador. Image: Islington Council Islington Council is marking National Apprenticeship Week, running from 11 to 15 March, by giving brand-new premises to a...
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