Local elections 2026: Green party wins majority of seats on Hackney Council
The Greens have swept to victory in both Dalston and de Beauvoir wards
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 MoreLocal elections 2026: voter turnout highest since 2010
Voter turnout for mayoral contest was 40.98 percent – the highest since 2010, when the local elections at the same time as a general election
Read MoreLocal elections 2026: Greens’ Zoë Garbett wins Hackney mayoral contest
The Green party candidate Zoë Garbett has won the Hackney mayoral contest with 35,720 votes
Read MoreMan arrested after shouting ‘shame Hitler didn’t kill you’ on 254 bus
Threats were made against Jewish passengers on a bus in Upper Clapton Road
Read MoreLocal elections 2026: polls open today – don’t forget to vote
You have until 10pm today to cast your vote for Mayor of Hackney and council ward seats.
Read MoreGreen mayoral candidate accused of ‘blocking’ letter praising police for Golders Green response to knife attacks
Cllr Zoë Garbett raised objections to a proposed missive from the London Assembly’s police and crime committee
Read More‘Of course’ Sadiq Khan could contribute to House of Lords, new Labour peer says
Len Duvall backs London’s mayor for a potential move to the red benches, as speculation mounts over a post-election peerage
Read More70 firefighters tackle blaze at Clapton residential block
One maisonette was destroyed while five others were partly damaged
Read MoreConservative candidate vows as to quit after a year as Hackney mayor if he cannot honour manifesto pledges
Tareke Gregg has vowed to trigger a mayoral by-election if he fails to deliver
Read MoreLocal elections 2026: the political parties’ key pledges and manifestos at-a-glance
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
Read MoreGreen and Labour mayoral candidates quizzed by local business owners at ‘Unite with the Guild’ accountability assembly
The event at Shoreditch Town Hall was organised by the East End Trades Guild
Read More‘They may well think that food just appears in plastic bags’: Growing Communities launches £450,000 bid for Dagenham education hub
Hackney-based social enterprise launches crowdfunder
Read MoreHackney mayoral election 2026: meet the Reform UK party candidate Vahid Almasi
‘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’
Read MoreLast surviving disinfecting station in England at risk, charity says
Hackney’s Grade II listed municipal disinfecting station, the last of its kind in England, has topped the Victorian Society’s list of the country’s most endangered buildings
Read MoreLondon has enough homes – but Londoners cannot afford them
Despite stable supply, home ownership is 270 per cent more expensive than it was two decades ago
Read MoreLondoners will see ‘turnaround’ in housing crisis in 2026, deputy mayor vows
Sir Sadiq has faced heavy criticism for failing to meet ministerial targets on affordable housing
Read MoreHackney election candidates slam ‘medieval’ bailiffs at hustings
Hackney’s mayoral hopefuls have clashed over the council’s use of bailiffs, as new data reveals a surge from zero to nearly 14,000 debt referrals in a single year
Read MoreHackney Council shells out £15.6 million on fire safety consultants
The Town Hall has appointed contractors to identify ‘potentially combustible’ materials in its housing stock by the 2029 deadline
Read MoreOpinion: ‘The campaign for divestment in Hackney may yet be won’
‘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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