Read my posts about the local council covering the London Borough of Islington in North London. The Town Hall is on Upper Street.
Very odd news from Islington Council’s finances. In tough times you’d expect the story to be about not having enough money, making cuts and so on. But in fact, the council is on course to under-spend its capital budget by £35 million this year. As the Islington Liberal Democrats press release says: This represents almost … Read the full post »
Looking through the local council by-laws still in force in the London Borough of Islington, I came across this one on spitting… … Read the full post »
The range of plastics which Islington Council recycles has for a good while been impressively large, but the recent moves to make… … Read the full post »
Poll cards look dull, uninviting and give you no reason to get interested in, or excited by, the prospect of voting. … Read the full post »
Good news on the litter problem at the junction of Porter Square and Hornsey Road, where an unfinished area of pavement was acting as a litter trap. … Read the full post »
Hooray. My current pothole bête noire (not to mention favourite Foursquare venue) is on the verge of going. … Read the full post »
As you can see from this photo of the corner of Porter Square and Hornsey Road, there’s a rough patch of land left over from when the wall was rebuilt along a slightly different alignment: This rough patch regularly acts as a litter trap, and being off the pavement itself it also is often missed … Read the full post »
One of the growing trends in local government has been increased sharing of ‘back office’ functions between councils. … Read the full post »
The mystery over the long running diversion on the 210 bus route – with the stops on Beaumount Rise closed for several weeks – has been solved. … Read the full post »
Regular readers will know that I’m a keen user of Contact Islington for reporting graffiti, dumped rubbish, materials left behind by contractors and so on. … Read the full post »