Where there’s weddings, there’s wonga…
WHEN TV producers came knocking at Islington Council’s door this time last year asking whether its registrars could marry four sets of complete strangers for the intriguing [...]
Islington Council
Who wants to be the next MP for Islington North?
THERE was a bit of an all stand-down moment, locally, when Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour leadership contest last summer. For those north London Labour figures who hold a keen [...]
‘I saw fans die in front of me’
Richard Watts, Andy Burnham and Hillsborough. [...]
One last Town Hall selfie: What did Tracy whisper in Bac’s ear?
YOU probably haven’t noticed, but I waste a good quarter of my life worrying, irrationally, about Arsenal’s fortunes. It was a sad day last week when reliable [...]
Planning controls: The Downton Abbey test
IT’S a tough old planning regime in Islington. You have to be ‘Downton Abbey’ to score any protection when developers rock up to the bench. Fears that the [...]
Those cameraphones get everywhere
TENSE night at Islington Town Hall last night as the council agreed its cuts package.You know there’s always a cameraphone in the public gallery for these heckle-filled [...]
SuperExec: First name on the shortlist
CHECK the rulebook, employment law doctrines, etc Another big question about the Camden and Islington council love-in revealed today is whether Moira Gibb, chief exec at [...]
Election Live: ‘At least 40 locked out in Islington’
Live Blog: May 6/1125pm MORE on the angry scenes at a polling station ‘lock out’ in Islington and let’s not forget that borough is on a knife-edge with one [...]
The great ALMO swizz
VETERANS of campaigns to stop the privatisation of Camden’s council homes will be interested in developments in next door Islington. Discussions, the Islington Tribune [...]
The 100k earners club
JUST when Camden Council is clutching at straws as to why there chief officer pay has to stay secret, its neighbours have proven its not such a big deal. While Camden [...]