Posts Tagged ‘Green party’
Council’s call for rent controls ‘would not lead to the skies collapsing’
Labour-run Hackney Council said the government needs to go further than Renters Rights Bill by empowering it to cap private rents
Read MoreLetter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves from Zoë Garbett, Hackney Green party councillor for Dalston
‘If the government are serious about breaking the cycle of inequality, this budget must put families and young people first’
Read MoreHackney Green mayoral candidate calls to ‘break up the Met’ following report into ‘systemic’ racism
Green councillor Zoë Garbett called for the Met’s directorates to be separated and for London residents to “rethink how we keep each other safe.”
Read More‘It’s not f***ing okay’ – Tempers flare at council debate over Hackney’s ‘ties’ with Israel
The council has faced pressure from Green party and Independent Socialist councillors to end its twinning relationship with Haifa, but Hackney Labour party has accused its opponents of political game-playing
Read MoreRaising the colour: Hackney flies flag for Black History Season
Following a summer where flag wars have polarised the country, the borough is ‘Standing Firm in Power and Pride’
Read MoreHackney MP Meg Hillier joins judging panel of Kingsland Shopping Centre logo design competition
The MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch said the contest was about ‘capturing the story of Dalston’ and reflecting its ‘diversity, ambition and energy’
Read MoreSadiq Khan breaks ranks with Labour government to call Gaza tragedy ‘genocide’ for first time
Mayor of London has previously resisted calls to label Israel’s military campaign a genocide but now says it’s “inescapable” to conclude that
Read MoreGreens welcome Met’s removal of 371 school officers – but others brand it ‘most catastrophic decision in keeping children safe’
Surveys revealed that 93 per cent of Londoners supported the presence of Safer Schools Officers in school buildings
Read MoreLondon Mayor joins Green party in calling for London arms fair to be scrapped
Sadiq Khan ‘is appalled that the capital is being used as a marketplace for those who wish to trade in weapons’
Read MoreGreen Party announces Hackney Mayor candidate for 2026 – and her deputy
Zoë Garbett and Dylan Law explain the change they want to see in Hackney if the party wrests control from Labour next year
Read MoreLego, books and staff possessions ‘dumped in landfill’ as closed primary school ‘gutted’
Staff at the school were reportedly told to box up and label their belongings – then the removal team came before they had a chance to collect them
Read MoreOpposition groups stage Council AGM walkout over ‘assault on democracy’
Green party and Independent councillors slam Labour for ‘stifling criticism’, attacking service failures and position on Israel-Gaza war
Read More‘What are they afraid of?’: Fresh row over changes to Town Hall constitution
Independent Socialists say they are being ‘punished for being an effective opposition’
Read MoreDalston councillor slams ‘discriminatory’ use of facial recognition
Green co-leader Zoë Garbett criticises police as data shows face scanners mostly used in boroughs with large Black populace
Read More‘Cost-of-greed crisis’: Opposition councillors urge Town Hall to back ‘immediate’ wealth tax
Debate on Green motion calling for redistribution pushed to January
Read More‘Failed experiment’: Dalston councillor challenges London mayor to bring in rent controls
Cllr Zoë Garbett AM calls out Sadiq Khan over failure to hold a rent commission despite 2019 promise
Read MoreRise in drug deaths shows UK policy is ‘killing us’, says Dalston councillor
Cllr Zoë Garbett AM calls on London Mayor to legalise and regulate drug use
Read MoreGreens and Independents unite in bid to oust Tories as largest opposition in Hackney
Next month’s polls will make it eight by-elections in two years for the council
Read MoreStamford Hill Jewish community calls on government to scrap two-child benefit cap
Letter calls on secretary of state for work and pensions to consider the needs of larger families
Read MoreLondon Fields and Stoke Newington by-election candidates announced
Voters are off to the polls on 12 September 2024
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