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Christmas and new year opening times and services

Find out our opening times and service changes over Christmas and New Year holidays. This includes changes to bin collection days, parking and customer contact centre opening hours.

Islington Town Hall will be closed from Thursday 2 to Monday 6 January 2025 for planned maintenance. Registrar services will be reopen on Monday 6 January 2025.

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Older person's discount

If you are state pension age or older, you may be eligible for £100 off your council tax bill. This is known as the older person's discount.

It is worth up to £100 a year off your bill, or if your bill is under £100 it will cover the total of your bill.

To qualify:

  • you must be liable for council tax on 1 April of the year you are applying for
  • you must be 65 years old or over
  • you must be living in the property and this property must be your main or only home.

Apply for older person's discount

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