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Leading cultural and creative organisations sign up to guarantee thousands of Islington pupils ‘outstanding’ experiences before leaving school
Islington’s young people will all benefit from at least 11 outstanding creative and cultural experiences at world-class institutions before they leave school in Year 11, as part of an innovative partnership led by Islington Council.
Islington Council and partners help 5,500 people into work – and set sights on ambitious future
An Islington Council partnership has helped change the lives of more than 5,500 local people in the last five years, working with employment support organisations to help them into good quality, secure employment. This week the council has set out how its partnership approach will continue to help at least another 1,000 local people into work every year.
Islington Council protects office space equivalent to more than seven entire Shards to avert threat to 62,000 jobs
Islington Council has taken action to safeguard around 900,000 sq m of vital office space – more than seven times the entire floorspace in The Shard – which could otherwise be lost to developers and turned into expensive homes.
City Hall grant lets Islington realise £700,000 project putting residents in driving seat to improve employment prospects
Cally residents will be the focus of a brand-new £700,000 scheme that works with them on new ways to improve their employment prospects and futures, so they can carve out successful lives and careers in their own neighbourhood – a blueprint for change across the borough.
Islington Council calls for Universal Credit to be scrapped
Islington Council is among the first local authorities in the UK to pass a motion demanding that the Government’s Universal Credit benefit policy be scrapped altogether and replaced, calling it a “policy of deliberate destitution”.