• FOR over 100 years, the Marks and Spencer store in Holloway Road has attracted shoppers to the Nag’s Head town centre. It was therefore bitterly disappointing, and surprising, to hear about the company’s closure plans.

Nag’s Head is a fantastic and successful town centre, with a growing population making good use of the wide variety of shops and businesses.

We want M&S to remain a part of our community and have written to its chief executive requesting an urgent meeting with MP Jeremy Corbyn, making it clear that it should rethink its decision.

This week’s news will clearly be unsettling for employees and other traders who benefit from the footfall M&S brings to Nag’s Head.

I want to assure them we will be urging M&S to rethink its decision, and at the very least to assure us there will be no local job losses by providing opportunities at other stores.

We are committed to building an inclusive economy in Islington that benefits all residents.

CLLR ASIMA SHAIKH
Labour executive member for economic development, Islington Council