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Posts Tagged ‘Green party’

Hackney Central by-election candidates announced

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 2 June 2026 at 14:15
Photograph of a polling station

Hackney Central residents are set to cast their vote once again following the recent local elections

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Dalston by-election candidates announced

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 2 June 2026 at 12:18
Polling station credit Martin Deutsch

A little more than seven weeks after the local elections, residents of this ward will be heading to the polls to cast their votes once again

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London to miss 2030 Net Zero target, Mayor admits as he calls for more ‘energy devolution’

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 29 May 2026 at 13:43

Green party leader brands City Hall’s climate policies ‘siloed’ and disjointed

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Anntoinette Bramble elected Labour group leader following bruising local election defeat

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 20 May 2026 at 17:36
Photograph of Anntoinette Bramble, Labour party

Bramble has represented her London Fields ward for more than 15 years and previously served as deputy mayor and cabinet member for education

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Mayor Garbett unveils full cabinet team as Greens take the reins at Town Hall

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 20 May 2026 at 13:25
Mayor Zoë Garbett's new cabinet - L-R Cllr Abi Kingston, Cllr Soraya Adejare, Cllr Sam Mathys, Cllr Alastair Binnie-Lubbock, Cllr Florence Schechter, Cllr Jacob Cable, Mayor Zoe Garbett, Cllr Rachel Nkiessu-Guifo, Deputy Mayor Dylan Law, Cllr Sally Zlotowitz, Cllr Laura-Louise Fairley

The number of cabinet positions has been trimmed, in a move the new mayor says will save more than £250,000 over the four-year term

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What’s next after the Greens’ historic takeover of Hackney?

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 19 May 2026 at 14:14
Photograph of Hackney's new mayor, the Green party's Zoë Garbett

Hackney’s new mayor Zoë Garbett pledged to ‘change the system’ as she claimed victory at the local elections. What has she promised to do, and how will she try to achieve her goals?

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Green party councillor quits straight after election victory following breach of local government rules

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 12 May 2026 at 11:20
Hackney chief executive Dawn Carter-McDonald declares the results for Hackney Central ward on Friday 8 May 2026

James Tilden was elected to represent Hackney Central ward with 1,681 votes

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Mayor Garbett unveils first Green cabinet as new era begins at the Town Hall

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 May 2026 at 18:31
Mayor Zoë Garbett's new cabinet

New mayor announces the first members of her cabinet, just days after sweeping the Greens to an historic victory at the Town Hall

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Local elections 2026: Green party wins majority of seats on Hackney Council

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 8 May 2026 at 16:20
Greens celebrate at the election count

The Greens have swept to victory, winning 42 of the council’s 57 seats

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Exclusive: New Hackney mayor Zoë Garbett speaks to the Citizen following victory

By Patrick Cardwell | Friday 8 May 2026 at 15:36
Hackney mayor Zoë Garbett

‘I think it really shows that people have looked for an alternative and they’ve seen what we’re offering in terms of hope for Hackney’

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Local elections 2026: Greens’ Zoë Garbett wins Hackney mayoral contest

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 8 May 2026 at 11:54
Photograph of Hackney's new mayor, the Green party's Zoë Garbett

The Green party candidate Zoë Garbett has won the Hackney mayoral contest with 35,720 votes

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Local elections 2026: the political parties’ key pledges and manifestos at-a-glance

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 5 May 2026 at 15:22
photograph of Hackney Town Hall

Hackney residents can vote in two elections on 7 May – for candidates standing as ward councillors and also for those contesting the borough’s directly-elected mayoralty

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Green and Labour mayoral candidates quizzed by local business owners at ‘Unite with the Guild’ accountability assembly

By Samuel Lord | Friday 1 May 2026 at 22:46
Photograph of the East End Trades Guild hustings

The event at Shoreditch Town Hall was organised by the East End Trades Guild

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Opinion: ‘The campaign for divestment in Hackney may yet be won’

By Gwen Jones | Monday 27 April 2026 at 13:23
Photograph of Divestment campaigners at Hackney Town Hall

‘As Hackney goes to the polls, at issue is not only divestment, but whether the council’s fundamental decision-making structures are actually fit for purpose’ says Gwen Jones

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Where Labour will struggle in London – and how it could affect City Hall

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 24 April 2026 at 16:21
Sadiq Khan sat at an interview desk

As pollsters predict Labour losses in London’s local elections, the surging Greens and Reform UK are threatening to dismantle Sadiq Khan’s power base

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London mayor vows to work with Reform UK and Green councils across London after 7 May elections

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Saturday 18 April 2026 at 12:25
Sadiq Khan

‘As long as I’m here, I’ll carry on working with politicians from all parties for the common good, which is our constituents’

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Hackney mayoral election 2026: meet the Green party candidate Zoë Garbett

By Patrick Cardwell | Tuesday 14 April 2026 at 14:14
Zoë Garbett and Patrick Cardwell

‘The people of Hackney own Hackney and we’re taking it back’ she proclaims

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Estate regeneration actually leading to ‘degeneration’ – London mayor warned

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 1 April 2026 at 08:58
Zoe Garbett addressing a room of people from a lectern.

In her new report, Green party Assembly Member Zoë Garbett claims Londoners are still suffering from the ‘same failed approach’ despite recent City Hall reforms

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Opposition councillors slam ‘lack of transparency’ over ‘harrowing’ Mossbourne safeguarding review

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 12 March 2026 at 13:16

They claim there has been no reassurance that changes are being made in the three months since the review was published

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Greens on drugs – as extreme as it seems?

By James Barnes | Thursday 5 March 2026 at 09:29
Green Party

Labour has condemned plans by the Green Party to decriminalise all drugs, but is the stance as radical as it appears?

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