Prisoners in London should be allowed out for short periods to work in order to better prepare them for life after detention, Sir Sadiq Khan has been told.
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The unemployment rate in Islington was lower than London average last year, new figures show.
Ministers have been urged to suspend new immigration laws after it emerged that up to 300 Transport for London (TfL) staff could be at risk of removal.
More people claiming Universal Credit for health or disability reasons in Islington are unable to work, new figures show.
After going to prison in 2018, Tashan feared, like many other young men leaving the criminal justice system, that he’d struggle to find employers willing to...
Fewer people living in Islington started an apprenticeship in the 2023-24 academic year, new figures show.
Prison leavers are an “untapped talent pool” for employers but London’s rising housing costs are a “huge issue”, the London Assembly has been told.
One in eight households in Islington were not in work last year, new figures suggest.
A council nursery employee has said she is being “forced to resign” after being absent from work as she cares for her three-year-old son undergoing intensive...
A fifth of people in Islington work in severely insecure jobs, new analysis reveals.
A kitchen assistant with learning difficulties is using a tailor-made video to help him feed customers at a theatre cafe.
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