Thank you Islington!

After an overwhelming win in the May Local Elections, Islington Labour says thank you for the support you have shown for our mission to make a fairer Islington

The May 6th elections saw both Labour MPs returned with increased majorities and 35 of the borough's 48 councillors are now Labour.

Click here to find out more about your Labour representatives in Islington

• Emily Thornberry and Faye Whaley on Labour action against crime in Islington
  Emily Thornberry MP and Islington Labour's Faye Whaley highlighted Labour action to tackle crime in Islington on Channel 4 TV....
  
• Whittington Hospital - the facts
  Whittington hospital factsheet Kaya Makarau-Schwartz A volunteer in the Save the Whittington campaign, Kaya gives some of the key facts on the Whittington and our community The Whittington Hospital serves 250,000 in the boroughs of Islington and Haringey from parts of Barnet and Camden. It has benefited from large amounts of investment over the few years these include, £30 million on a new wing including an Intensive Care unit. Also, the refurbishment of the maternity unit which includes a new birth centre, a neonatal intensive care unit that was expanded through an investment of £600,000 and a new £500,000 paediatric...
  
• Islington GCSE results up – but we’re still bottom of the league
  Islington schools’ GCSE results are up this year, but our borough is still bottom of the inner-London league table. The improvement come after hard work by schools and pupils, helped by millions of pounds of investment in new school buildings, equipment and extra teachers from the Government. But because the Lib Dems who run Islington Council have run out of ideas to improve our schools, Islington still languishes at the bottom of the Inner London league table for GCSE results. Cllr Richard Watts, Islington Labour spokesperson for children said: "I would like to congratulate Islington's children and schools for these...