Cllr Richard Watts, Islington Council leader.
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Islington Council tax may increase by nearly five per cent next year in light of broken promises of support from government during the coronavirus pandemic.
The authority published its draft budget proposal for 2021/22 on January 13, which shows next year the borough is looking to increase basic Islington Council tax by 1.99 per cent and apply a 3pc Adult Social Care (ASC) precept or face an ongoing hole in its budget, according to calculations.
While the borough s Core Spending Power (CSP), a measure of the resources available to local authorities to fund service delivery, has increased, it has done so at a slightly lesser rate than the national average.
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An exam in progress.
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All London primary schools will remain shut next week, as the capital battles with high levels of coronavirus infections.
It is expected online learning will be offered in most areas, with school facilities open only to vulnerable pupils and children of key-workers.
The government previously published a list of boroughs where primary school reopening would be delayed.
Local authority leaders - including those of Camden, Hackney, Haringey and Islington - had signed a letter to the government, challenging their boroughs omissions from the list.
Education secretary Gavin Williamson said the decision now to close all London primary schools had been a “last resort”.
An exam in progress.
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All London primary schools will remain shut next week, as the capital battles with high levels of coronavirus infections.
It is expected online learning will be offered in most areas, with school facilities open only to vulnerable pupils and children of key-workers.
The government previously published a list of boroughs where primary school reopening would be delayed.
Local authority leaders - including those of Camden, Hackney, Haringey and Islington - had signed a letter to the government, challenging their boroughs omissions from the list.
Education secretary Gavin Williamson said the decision now to close all London primary schools had been a “last resort”.
Council leader, Cllr Richard Watts. Picture: Islington Council/ Em Fitzgerald Photography
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Islington Council s leader has called for answers about why the borough s primary schools have been told to open on Monday, while the reopening has been delayed in other parts of London due to the spread of Covid.
Around a million primary school pupils in some of the areas will not return to lessons as planned next week, while the expected staggered reopening of secondary schools in England will also be delayed.
Islington leader Cllr Richard Watts said: We are now seeking urgent clarification from the Government about why Islington’s primary schools are to reopen in the week of January 4, while those in many other London boroughs will not reopen.
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