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Posts Tagged ‘Reform UK’

‘A work of fiction’: Draft London Plan slashes housing ambition as critics round on Sadiq Khan

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 17 July 2026 at 11:07

City Hall pitches for 558,000 new homes by 2037 — well short of the 850,000 set by ministers — as deputy mayor Jules Pipe insists lower figure is the only ‘deliverable’ number

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Hackney bus drivers among 1,900 balloted for strike as London Assembly backs Bill of Rights

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 3 July 2026 at 14:08

Clapton and Stamford Hill depots are among 10 facing strike ballots over ‘unbearable’ heat, as City Hall unites behind a dozen new protections for drivers

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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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Former Hackney councillor becomes chair of London Assembly for third time

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 20 May 2026 at 12:39
Photograph of Andrew Boff

The London Assembly has completed its annual reshuffle, electing a new chair and appointing leadership roles across its cross-party investigative committees

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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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Hackney mayoral election 2026: meet the Reform UK party candidate Vahid Almasi

By James Barnes | Wednesday 29 April 2026 at 16:51

‘I am coming from the real world, I may not understand the processes the way they do, but I am actually determined to make a change’

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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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Greens target ‘chaotic political moment’ as they launch campaign to topple Labour across London

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 9 April 2026 at 18:23
Cllr Zoë Garbett will contest the position of Hackney Mayor next May

London Assembly Member Zoë Garbett says the next four weeks could prove decisive for the the party’s stature in the capital

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