Councillor Michelline Safi-Ngongo

Annual Council - Thursday, 15th May, 2025 7.15 pm

At the Annual Council meeting, Councillor Jason Jackson was elected as Mayor of Islington, becoming the first black man to hold the post. Councillor Rosalyn Ngongoro was appointed as Deputy Mayor, and councillors were assigned to various committees and outside organisations. The council also formally appointed Paul Clarke as Interim Section 151 Officer[^1].

Executive - Thursday, 24th April, 2025 7.00 pm

The Islington Council Executive met to discuss the future of two primary schools, approve funding allocations, and adopt a new planning document, among other items. St. Jude and St. Paul's Church of England Primary School and Highbury Quadrant Primary School will both close in August 2025, while the council also agreed to a new dementia strategy and a new set of guidelines for developers.

Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 1st April, 2025 7.00 pm

The Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee met to discuss special guardianship, school results, attendance, and the progress of a review into making children visible. The committee noted the special guardianship update and the report on making children visible, and agreed to an additional meeting to discuss recommendations for the scrutiny review. The committee also noted the school results and attendance update, while raising concerns about performance compared to other inner London boroughs and requesting more granular data in future reports.

Executive - Thursday, 27th March, 2025 7.00 pm

The Islington Council Executive met on 27 March 2025 and approved a number of measures, including a plan to purchase around 193 properties to house homeless families, acceptance of a grant to help residents find work, and a strategy for building new council homes. They also agreed to enter into agreements to continue funding for a trauma service and social care support at Pentonville Prison.

Health and Wellbeing Board - Tuesday, 11th March, 2025 1.00 pm

The meeting accepted all of the reports put before it. This included the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment 2025 which is still in development and will be consulted on in the summer of 2025. The meeting also accepted the Better Care Fund 2025/26 and agreed that, due to time constraints, it would be signed off by the chair of the Health and Wellbeing Board and the Chief Executives of both Islington Council and the North Central London Integrated Care Board.