? Announcement!
Leader of the Council, Cllr Kaya Comer-Schwartz has announced that she will be stepping down after the Mayor of London proposed her appointment as Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime.
She will take up her new role subject to a confirmation hearing by the London Assembly Policing and Crime Committee. If confirmed, she will stand down as Leader and Junction ward councillor. Deputy Leader Diarmaid Ward would become Acting Leader and a by-election in Junction ward will be held in due course.
Cllr Comer-Schwartz has been Leader since May 2021 and a Junction ward councillor since 2013 and in that time has overseen a series of achievements:
? pioneering the council’s approach to community power and tackling inequality
? the transformation of the council’s youth justice service from ‘requires improvement’ to ‘outstanding’ and £2million investment in services for survivors of violence against women and girls
?️ building hundreds of new council homes for local people
? taking decisive action on the climate emergency – with Islington ranked as having the healthiest streets in London
↗️ leading the borough’s recovery from the Covid pandemic
? taking 8,000 of the lowest income households in Islington out of Council Tax completely for the first time to support those most affected by the cost-of-living crisis.
