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Richard Watts

Richard Watts

Cllr Richard Watts is leader of Islington LBC

Articles by Richard Watts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Why councils should sign up to the Return to Social Work programme

By Richard Watts | 10 November 2017

Social workers are the glue that binds our communities together, writes Cllr Richard Watts as he ...

SKILLS

Getting creative with apprenticeships

By Richard Watts | 14 March 2016

During National Apprenticeship Week, Islington LBC leader, Cllr Richard Watts, says we should mak...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Radical change to lift more out of poverty

By Robert Khan | 27 November 2014

Islington LBC leader Cllr Richard Watts explains why the council created an employment commission...

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