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We shouldn’t be fobbed off with ‘affordable’ housing
• IN London there is a target to build an average of 17,000 affordable homes a year. Sixty per cent of the affordable housing...
08 February

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Will empty prison staff flats become luxury homes?
08 February

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Hairdressers, nail bars… where have all the shops gone?
• IN Essex Road, between the station and Islington Green, we have just had open the 20th hairdresser/barber. Add to this the four...
08 February

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Rail failure
• APPARENTLY, there are problems with the new four-car units on the Gospel Oak-Barking rail line. Why doesn’t Transport for...
08 February

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My long wait for ghost bus
08 February

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Deportations are fig-leaf cover for what is racism
• I FIND it insane that the Home Office is now deporting British citizens and claiming they are “undocumented”, meaning they are...
08 February

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‘Corbyn doesn’t care’ smear
• I HAVE my tongue firmly stuck in my cheek in dealing with the accusation against those, like myself, who dared to ask questions...
08 February

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UK or EU? Let the people vote
• IT looks as if England’s exit from the European Union is being delayed by a difference of opinion on what to do about the...
08 February

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Spring has come early for May’s dead Magic Money Tree
• FOR as long as anyone can remember the Tories have devoted their energies to destroying employment protection for workers. They...
08 February

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Breathtaking cynicism behind May’s bribes
08 February
From the West End Extra

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Why shouldn’t toxic black cabs pay pollution charge?
08 February
From the Camden New Journal

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Corbyn offers no decisive leadership
07 February
From the Camden New Journal

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Brexit: crashing out will be all pain and no gain
07 February

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If there is a shortage of staff in the NHS why should it be the responsibility of the EU to fill the gap?
• A JUSTIFICATION I read for the UK continuing its membership of the EU is that there is a need for it to provide staff for the...
01 February

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Whittington birthplace is ideal bolthole
• ANYONE with a penchant for English folk­­lore and an interest in medieval history should take a trip to the hamlet of Pauntley,...
01 February

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Slow roadworks ahead
• FOR the past three months or so the pavement outside the Marie Curie charity shop at Highbury Corner has been restricted,...
01 February

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Will no-deal bring a great fall for Humpty Dumpty PM?
• EASTER falls three weeks after Brexit and Parliament didn’t want to be caught napping as it had been over Brexit. There’d been...
01 February

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Why we should cut back on luxuries – like meat
• THESE days we see vegan options everywhere, and some Isling­ton folk doubtless gave Vega­nuary a go, even if I admit I’m not...
01 February

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Revealed: hideous station frontage
• NOW that Transport for London has completed the building work in front of Highbury and Islington station, we are able to see...
01 February

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Even more new council homes coming soon
• AS ward councillors and community champions for Bunhill, we are determined to see more new, genuinely affordable homes built...
01 February

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Hollow words leave estate residents feeling neglected
• ON Tuesday evening residents on Highbury Quadrant estate attended a meeting organised by their wonderful tenants’ and...
01 February

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Empty flats are left to rot in midst of housing crisis
01 February

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MPs must back a People’s Vote
• ALISON McGarry, Stephen Moorby and Pat Edlin would be less concerned about supposed anti-Corbyn conspiracies if they took the...
01 February
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