Islington IWCA

Islington Tribune declines, the IWCA steps up

17 July 2008 07:16

It was not so long ago that the Islington Tribune was considered to be an absolute must for anyone interested in what was happening in terms of politics in Islington. Sadly this is no longe

New Labour share responsibility for inflation-busting rent increases

31 March 2009 15:42

Letter to Islington Tribune, 20th March 2009

31st March 2009

Tim McLoughlin gives credit to Emily Thornberry and other MPs for the recent government decision to hal

IWCA condemns Lib Dem double inflation rent rise

26 February 2009 17:06

26th February 2009

The Independent Working Class Association (IWCA) has attacked Islington's Lib Dems for implementing double the rate of inflation rent increases for council tenant

Academy schools update

17 November 2008 14:51

17th November 2008

Back in 2005, when it was announced that the Lib Dems wanted to turn Islington Green school into a City Academy incorporating Moreland primary here in Finsbury, t

IWCA calls for Owen Hart to be sacked from EC1 New Deal board

25 October 2008 04:07

The Independent Working Class Association (IWCA) has called on Finsbury-based regeneration body, EC1 New Deal, to rid themselves of board member Owen Hart after papers distributed by the IW

Sobell Centre: next to go

24 September 2008 13:49

Letter to Islington Tribune, 19th September 2008:

WHILE supporters of the Lib Dem council might like to pretend the non-participation of the public in a council consultation process

Finsbury Health Centre - more Lib Dem hypocrisy

17 August 2008 08:26

17th August 2008

Islington's Lib Dems are ‘campaigning' against the sell-off of Finsbury Health Centre. But who agreed to sell it off in the first place?

The Lib Dems are reno

Finsbury Health Centre sell-off slammed by IWCA

31 July 2008 13:07

26th July 2008

The Independent Working Class Association (IWCA) has uncovered plans by Islington's Primary Care Trust, to sell the Finsbury Health Centre. Former Lib Dem leader

Save Goswell Road Post Office

05 August 2008 04:51

19th July 2008

Only last month the Independent Working Class Association said Islington Labour was playing games with local residents over post office clos

Knife Crime

05 August 2008 05:23

22nd July 2008

While politicians wring their hands and mutter platitudes it's left to our young people to point the way forward...

In the wake of Ben Kinsella'

Trendy Islington? Life expectancy like Gaza Strip

17 July 2008 05:49

28th June 2008

Life expectancy in Finsbury is barely better than in the Gaza Strip, and 14 years worse than some of London’s wealthier areas. Overall, life expectancy for men

New Deal board member says 'get rid of council tenants'

05 August 2008 05:03

26th June 2008

Just when you thought that Professor Humphreys' self-appointed cabal over at EC1 New Deal couldn't go any lower (two years ago they expelled democratically-elected

Finsbury’s Lib Dems plough on with gentrification plans

05 August 2008 06:33

4th May 2008

Before the last local elections, the IWCA warned that if Finsbury's Lib Dems were re-elected they would continue their relentless march of gentrification, ousting shops and ame

MP condemned over housing vote

04 August 2008 09:40

7th April 2008

The Independent Working Class Association (IWCA) has condemned the actions of Islington South MP, Emily Thornberry, after it was discovered that she voted with the go

No support for playground sell-off

05 August 2008 05:51

8th February 2008

Parents and residents reject luxury flat development at Hugh Myddelton School

PLANS to build a nine-storey block of luxury flats on the playground

MP engulfed in housing scandal

05 August 2008 07:12

22nd November 2007

As New Labour MP buys her fourth property, for £570,000, husband works with discredited housing association to evict remaining ten