Posts Tagged ‘Hackney Labour’
Anntoinette Bramble elected Labour group leader following bruising local election defeat
Bramble has represented her London Fields ward for more than 15 years and previously served as deputy mayor and cabinet member for education
Read MoreWhat’s next after the Greens’ historic takeover of Hackney?
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?
Read MoreExclusive: New Hackney mayor Zoë Garbett speaks to the Citizen following victory
‘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’
Read MoreWhere Labour will struggle in London – and how it could affect City Hall
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
Read MoreHackney mayoral election 2026: meet the Labour party candidate Caroline Woodley
‘I’m proud of all that Hackney stands for and am ambitious for all that we can achieve’, says Woodley
Read MoreLabour calls on Green party mayoral hopeful Zoë Garbett to justify alliance with candidate who described Hamas’ October 7 attacks as an ‘act of resistance’
London Labour party: ‘By choosing to align herself with Heather Mendick, Zoë Garbett risks legitimising views that are deeply offensive’
Read MoreFormer Labour councillor defects to Green party during council’s annual budget meeting
First elected as a Dalston ward councillor in 2014, Soraya Adejare has represented Brownswood residents since 2022
Read MoreHackney could be poised for ‘shock’ in May local elections
Labour has had control of the council for all but seven years since 1965
Read MoreSeven Hackney councillors to stand down at local elections
Seven councillors are standing down in Hackney ahead of May’s local elections, including a London Assembly member
Read More‘It appals me’ — councillor resigns from Labour Party ‘to continue to fight for change’
The councillor has represented the same Hackney ward for more than a decade
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 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 MoreThree Hackney primary schools offering free breakfast clubs in state-backed trial
Thomas Fairchild, Grasmere and Nightingale are providing 30 minutes of care before school until July
Read MoreStoke Newington traders fear loss of business rate relief could be ‘final straw’
Council rebuffs shopkeepers’ plea for discount despite warnings over ‘triple whammy’ with tax and wage hikes
Read MoreCouncillors hit out at ‘lily-livered’ Labour in first press conference since quitting party
Three newly independent councillors addressed pro-Palestinian protesters outside the Town Hall this morning
Read MoreThree Hackney councillors dramatically quit Labour to form independent group
Cllrs Claudia Turbet-Delof, Penny Wrout and Fliss Premru say they can ‘no longer in good conscience continue campaigning for Labour’
Read More‘Traumatic’: Muslim organisations condemn Hackney Council’s response to Middle East conflict
Several mosques sign letter criticising Town Hall’s failure to vote on Gaza ceasefire and calling for end to borough’s twinning with Haifa
Read More‘What have I done?’ Hackney Mayor Caroline Woodley on her first 100 days in office
The former parks chief says a sense of duty overtook her initial reticence to run for the borough’s highest office
Read More‘Atrocious’: Four councillors suspended by Hackney Labour for voting to hear motions on Gaza ceasefire and Dewey investigation
Clare Joseph, Claudia Turbet-Delof, Penny Wrout and Fliss Premru are expected to have their suspensions lifted after two months
Read MoreLabour lifts suspension of by-election candidate accused of transphobia on eve of vote
Laura Pascal issues ‘heartfelt apology’ for her social media activity after being reinstated by her party
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