Councillor Heather Staff

Annual Council - Thursday, 16th May, 2024 7.30 pm

Councillor Anjna Khurana was elected as Mayor of Islington for 2024/25, with Councillor Jason Jackson as her deputy. Outgoing Mayor, Councillor Gary Heather, was thanked for his service to the borough. Councillor Kaya Comer-Schwartz announced a refreshed Executive, with new responsibilities and some changes in personnel. The Council also approved a number of constitutional amendments relating to the operation of scrutiny, changes to the Members’ Allowances Scheme and procurement rules, and the membership and terms of reference for the Council’s committees.

Policy and Performance Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 14th May, 2024 7.30 pm

The Committee agreed the final report of its review into the multi-agency response to complex anti-social behaviour and submitted it to the Executive. The committee also noted the council's Quarter 3 performance report.

Licensing Sub Committee C - Monday, 29th April, 2024 6.30 pm, NEW

The Licensing Sub-Committee approved the new premises licence applications for The Florence Public House, 50 Florence Street and 320 Cally Off Licence subject to a number of conditions.

Licensing Sub Committee A - Tuesday, 16th April, 2024 6.30 pm

The meeting considered applications for new premises licences from three different businesses, and a proposal to revoke a personal licence. The Sub-Committee decided to grant the premises licences with a number of conditions, and to revoke the personal licence.

Policy and Performance Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 26th March, 2024 7.30 pm

The Policy and Performance Scrutiny Committee made a number of decisions at its meeting, including approving the draft recommendations of the Complex ASB scrutiny review, noting the Quarter 3 budget monitoring report and approving the new committee structure for scrutiny in Islington.