Agenda item

Where a motion concerns an executive function, nothing passed can be actioned until approved by the Executive or an officer with the relevant delegated power.

 

Motion 1: A New Deal for Workers

 

Councillor Heather moved the motion. Councillor Hyde seconded.

 

Councillor Jegorovas-Armstrong and Gilgunn contributed to the debate. Councillor Heather exercised their right of reply.

 

The motion was put to a vote and CARRIED.

 

RESOLVED::

 

(i)     To welcome and support the Labour Party’s Green Paper on Employment Rights, and the party’s pledge to enshrine it in law within the first 100 days of the next Labour government.

 

(ii)    To write to the newly elected government to amend the immigration rules for domestic migrant workers and reinstate the rights provided under the pre-2012 visa regime.

 

(iii)  To call on the newly elected government to make issues around work, jobs, pay and rights for domestic migrant workers a core part of their narrative and vision.

 

(iv)  To continue to work collaboratively with our Trade Unions who represent our Council workers and encourage union membership to Islington residents.

 

Motion 2: Unlocking the potential of local high streets

 

An alteration to the motion was formally noted.

 

Councillor Bossman-Quarshie moved the motion. Councillor Klute seconded.

 

Councillor Hamdache contributed to the debate. Councillor Bossman-Quarshie exercised their right of reply.

 

The motion was put to a vote and CARRIED.

 

RESOLVED:

 

(i)     To write to the Government to urge it to scrap business rates and replace them with a system which is fit for purpose and which levels the playing field between bricks and mortar businesses and online retail giants.

 

(ii)    To note that the council is planning to adopt a comprehensive package of Article 4 Directions to protect local shops and small businesses across the borough.

 

(iii)  To write to the Government to set out our case for Article 4 Directions in Islington and set out our broader concerns about Class MA rights and ask for them to be abolished.

 

(iv)  To campaign to devolve funds like the Towns Fund, Levelling Up Fund, UK Shared Prosperity Fund and other national funding pots, to give local communities, councils and regions the ultimate say in how it is spent in their area.

 

(v)   To explore what further local action can be taken to revive our high streets.

 

(vi)  To make full use of s215 planning enforcement powers where empty units are attracting antisocial behaviour or creating an eyesore on the high street – and name and shame those premises which don’t do their bit and are regularly subject to enforcement.

Motion 3: No to live facial recognition in Islington

Councillor Kay moved the motion. Councillor Jackson seconded.

 

Councillor Russell contributed to the debate. Councillor Kay exercised their right of reply.

 

The motion was put to a vote and CARRIED.

 

RESOLVED:

 

(i)     To call for an immediate stop to the use of LFR surveillance in Islington.

 

(ii)    To take no steps to acquire LFR technology anywhere in Islington.

 

(iii)  To not allow LFR systems to be applied to any personal data for which Islington Council is the data controller.

 

(iv)  To ask the Executive Member for Community Safety to write to the Mayor of London to ask that the Metropolitan Police, Transport for London and the other agencies he is responsible for to refrain from using LFR technology within Islington.

 

 

Motion 4: Retrofit over demolitions

 

Councillor Hamdache moved the motion. Councillor Jegorovas-Armstrong seconded.

 

Councillor Champion moved an amendment to the motion.

 

Councillor Klute and O’Sullivan contributed to the debate. Councillor Champion exercised their right of reply on the amendment. Councillor Hamdache exercised their right of reply on the substantive motion.

 

The amendment was put to a vote and CARRIED. The amended motion was put to

the vote and CARRIED.

REOLVED:

 

(i)     To continue to require developers to undertake a retrofit first approach as set out in our planning policies and the London Plan;

 

(ii)    To work with the Mayor of London for stronger benchmarks on Whole Life Carbon in the London Plan;

 

(iii)  To work with the Mayor and government for third party audits of Whole Life Carbon Assessments to be mandatory;

 

(iv)  To continue the council’s carbon literacy training for relevant staff and councillors;

 

(v)   To work with the government for national standards on whole life carbon and a removal of VAT for the retrofit of buildings.

 

Motion 5: Addressing the Housing Crisis

 

Councillor Russell moved the motion. Councillor Jegorovas-Armstrong seconded.

 

Councillor Ward moved an amendment to the motion.

 

Councillor O’Halloran and Hayes contributed to the debate. Councillor Ward exercised their right of reply on the amendment. Councillor Russell exercised their right of reply on the substantive motion.

 

The amendment was put to a vote and CARRIED. The amended motion was put to

the vote and CARRIED.

 

REOLVED:

 

(i)     To call on the new Labour government to:

o   Give powers to the Mayor of London to work with councils, renters and landlords on a rent commission to address escalating rents and to work up a plan for rent controls in London.

o   Grant the Mayor of London the powers to scrap or suspend Right to Buy

o   Initiate a new renter’s reform bill that scraps no fault evictions and gives tenants more rights in their homes.

o   Create a new funding formula for new homes.

o   Get the 28 empties 3 and 4 bedroom homes at Wellington Mews back into use as genuinely affordable homes for local families.