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30 Most Recent News Stories
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Mon 23rd Aug 2010
Moves by London Mayor Boris Johnson to rip out the traffic lights at three locations in Islington have been condemned by the Liberal Democrats.
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Wed 18th Aug 2010
OAPs from across Islington have reacted with shock and disbelief at plans announced by the Labour-run council to stop funding the Sotheby Mews Day Centre, in Highbury, N5. Local Liberal Democrat politicians have also condemned the plans.
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Mon 9th Aug 2010
Islington Liberal Democrats have announced plans to ask the public where they think the council should be making savings.
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Mon 9th Aug 2010
Residents have been left in the dark over moves by the Labour-controlled council to slash funding for tenant and resident groups across the borough to spend on much needed improvements to their blocks and estates.
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Thu 29th Jul 2010
Liberal Democrats this week welcomed the Government announcement that extra funding (the 'pupil premium') will be introduced in Islington schools from next September (2011).
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Tue 27th Jul 2010
Following the announcement that Labour councillors plan £7million cuts to services in Islington, Liberal Democrats have asked whether Labour is getting its priorities right.
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Tue 27th Jul 2010
Liberal Democrats in Islington have backed an all-party campaign to find a fair way of reducing the national housing benefit bill and spare hundreds of Islington tenants from being potentially thrown out of their homes.
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Wed 21st Jul 2010
Islington Liberal Democrats have urged Labour councillors to listen to residents and abandon plans to scrap all the hanging baskets and flower boxes in the borough as part of their £7million cuts package.
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Wed 14th Jul 2010
All Islington's secondary schools will be refurbished or rebuilt as planned, the Government has confirmed.
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Sat 10th Jul 2010
Islington Labour councillors have been accused of turning a blind eye to tenants being forced to sign gagging orders about shoddy repairs work.
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Tue 6th Jul 2010
Local residents have reacted with fury to news that the Labour council is snatching back cash promised to Union Chapel, the famous Islington landmark, to carry out urgent repairs to the tower and spire.
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Sun 27th Jun 2010
Local Lib Dems have slammed the Labour-run council for its decision to spend an extra £1million on repairing pot holes only in 'working class areas'.
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Fri 25th Jun 2010
Islington Liberal Democrats have demanded a pay cut for the council's new chief executive following the news that current chief executive, John Foster, will not be renewing his contract next year.
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Fri 25th Jun 2010
Islington Liberal Democrats have uncovered plans by the Labour council to close up to eight primary schools across the borough.
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Mon 14th Jun 2010
Long-standing plans to improve Highbury Corner will finally get the green light this week.
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Thu 10th Jun 2010
Islington's Liberal Democrat leader has challenged council bosses to show their support for the England football team by flying the St.George's flag over the Town Hall during the World Cup competition.
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Tue 1st Jun 2010
Local activist and former Lib Dem councillor, Meral Ece OBE, has been made a Baroness and will shortly take up her seat in the House of Lords.
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Fri 28th May 2010
Islington Liberal Democrat councillors have demanded London's Mayor make changes to the planned programme of closures on the Northern Line.
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Thu 27th May 2010
Islington Liberal Democrat councillors have this week demanded action to publish senior council officer salaries.
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Wed 26th May 2010
Islington Labour have been accused of greed and hypocrisy after voting themselves fat-cat allowances for chairing committees that have always been chaired without an allowance.
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Tue 25th May 2010
Islington Liberal Democrats have welcomed the commitment by the new coalition government to freeze council tax for the next two years.
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Mon 24th May 2010
Islington Liberal Democrats have slammed the new Labour council administration saying their plans for a new 'fairness' quango is a total waste of taxpayers' money.
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Thu 13th May 2010
Islington Liberal Democrats have vowed to carry on the fight against Labour after losing control of Islington Council. Last week's combined local and general elections saw Labour take control of councils across London.
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Fri 7th May 2010
"Last night was a disappointment for the Liberal Democrats. Even though more people voted for us than ever before, even though we had a higher proportion of the vote than ever before, it is of course a source of great regret to me that we have lost some really valued friends and colleagues and we have returned to Parliament with fewer MPs than before.
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Fri 7th May 2010
Bridget Fox, the Liberal Democrat candidate for Islington South and Finsbury, has thanked the many supporters who backed her in Thursday's election.
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Tue 4th May 2010
According to the bookies, only Lib Dems can beat labour here in Islington. The Conservatives are now rank outsiders and cannot win. More and more Conservative supporters are switching to support the Lib Dems to beat Labour and this is reflected in the current odds for Islington South and Finsbury:
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Tue 4th May 2010
Bridget Fox, the Liberal Democrat candidate for Islington South and Finsbury, has thanked local residents for the fantastic reception she has had while out campaigning in recent weeks. Bridget, who finished just 484 votes behind the Labour candidate at the last election, has been out meeting residents daily with a large team of volunteers.
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Tue 4th May 2010
The VOTE4ANIMALS 2010 campaign has decided to endorse Bridget Fox, the Liberal Democrat candidate, as the best voting option in Islington South and Finsbury.
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Tue 4th May 2010
Bridget Fox, Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Islington South and Finsbury, met Islington residents concerned about climate change at the recent 'Ask a Climate Question' event.
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Tue 4th May 2010
Emily Thornberry has objected to our reporting of her stance on the Iraq War Inquiry in our recent publications. We are happy to clarify that she voted with the Labour Government in June 2007 and March 2009 for the amendments which declined an immediate inquiry. The amendments proposed that an inquiry should take place at an indeterminate time after troops had been withdrawn.
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