Actually there will be. On May 22nd. And St Peters Ward Councillors are already out on the campaign trail. We had an excellent weekend's sessions on Saturday and Sunday afternoon, with support from (l-r) Cllr Paul Smith, Jenny Kay (aspiring Mildmay Ward Cllr person), me at the back, Cllr Alice Perry (the human dynamo), Newell from Holloway, MEP hopeful Lucy Anderson, and Cllr Richard Watts, Leader of the Council. You can't see Cllr Gary Doolan, because he was holding the camera.
Support on the doorstep is very good, but we also met several people who are being hit by the bedroom tax, who just don't know what to do, and are afraid of being driven out of Islington altogether, where they have lived for most of their lives. We referred them to Islington's Benefits Advice Line which we set up to try and give the best possible experienced help to people in this kind of situation. It is hard not to see the Tory Government's benefit reforms as pretty vicious social cleansing of our inner city areas.
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