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Posts Tagged ‘Hackney Green party’

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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Greens set out plans for Hackney as Labour vows to ‘hold new administration to account’

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 May 2026 at 13:09
Zoe Garbett Hackney election count 2026

Greens are jubilant following their historic sweep in last Thursday’s landslide victory that swept Labour from its 45-year dominant position in the borough

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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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Green mayoral candidate accused of ‘blocking’ letter praising police for Golders Green response to knife attacks

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 6 May 2026 at 18:56
Critical: Green party London Assembly Member and Dalston councillor Cllr Zoë Garbett

Cllr Zoë Garbett raised objections to a proposed missive from the London Assembly’s police and crime committee

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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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Labour calls on Green party mayoral hopeful Zoë Garbett to justify alliance with candidate who described Hamas’ October 7 attacks as an ‘act of resistance’

By Patrick Cardwell | Wednesday 8 April 2026 at 14:29
Zoë Garbett

London Labour party: ‘By choosing to align herself with Heather Mendick, Zoë Garbett risks legitimising views that are deeply offensive’

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Former Labour councillor defects to Green party during council’s annual budget meeting

By Lizzie McAllister | Thursday 5 March 2026 at 12:23

First elected as a Dalston ward councillor in 2014, Soraya Adejare has represented Brownswood residents since 2022

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Hackney could be poised for ‘shock’ in May local elections

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 23 February 2026 at 12:29
Town Hall

Labour has had control of the council for all but seven years since 1965

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Letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves from Zoë Garbett, Hackney Green party councillor for Dalston

By Zoë Garbett | Monday 17 November 2025 at 15:18
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’

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Hackney Green mayoral candidate calls to ‘break up the Met’ following report into ‘systemic’ racism

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 13 November 2025 at 10:32
Zoë Garbett

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.”

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Green Party announces Hackney Mayor candidate for 2026 – and her deputy

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 11 August 2025 at 12:20
Hackney mayoral candidate Zoë Garbett and her nominated deputy Dylan Law

Zoë Garbett and Dylan Law explain the change they want to see in Hackney if the party wrests control from Labour next year

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‘Simply not true’: Council hits back at Green party over alleged solar panel blunder

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 11 October 2024 at 12:11

Town Hall denies that panels on Dalston property were left disconnected for 15 years

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Drug consumption rooms key to tackling substance misuse in Hackney, say Greens

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 30 September 2024 at 20:37

Cllrs Alastair Binnie-Lubbock and Zoë Garbett say drug use should no longer be categorised as anti-social behaviour

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Greens swipe Stoke Newington seat from Labour in shock by-election victory

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 13 September 2024 at 10:18

Liam Davis wins with a 19-point swing from Labour

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Protesters demand Hackney Council divest from companies that operate in the ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’

By Lizzie McAllister | Tuesday 22 June 2021 at 11:55
Hackney Palestine Solidarity Divest Campaign

Around 60 people attended the protest organised by Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) with support from Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)

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‘Ultimately, fewer people will vote’: How the cyber attack on Hackney Council could damage local democracy

By Tiya Thomas-Alexander | Thursday 11 March 2021 at 14:30

Tiya Thomas-Alexander examines the impact of last year’s criminal hack on postal voting ahead of May’s elections

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Campaigners call for long-term solution to provide security for Sistah Space

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 26 November 2020 at 21:13

Cross-party activists urge Hackney Mayor to find organisation new premises as council rejects requests as ‘unfair to others’

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Greens wade into road closure debate with suggestions for wider scheme

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 25 November 2019 at 16:39

Campaign groups remain divided in their reaction to proposals as transport chief says he is ‘up for doing what works’

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Clissold ward: Meet the candidates for the by-election taking place on same day as general

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 14 November 2019 at 15:26

Prospective Hackney councillors introduce their policies and backgrounds to voters

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Protesters stage Town Hall takeover in solidarity demo for Marian Court residents

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 17 September 2019 at 18:13

Council meeting disrupted by demonstrators as Town Hall denies claims that campaigning has influenced families’ treatment

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