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Refugee Week 2026: Mayor Garbett rebukes Labour's 'inflammatory rhetoric' on migration

Hackney's new Green mayor sets out her stall against the national government's tightening immigration regime and pledges to build on the borough's three-year Sanctuary designation

Author: James Barnes

Hackney councillor hits out at 'rotten' Labour following Diane Abbott's suspension

Independent Socialist Claudia Turbet-Delof, an ex-Labour councillor, says 'this is exactly why we left'

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney councillor hits out at 'rotten' Labour following Diane Abbott's suspension

Hackney MP Diane Abbott suspended by Labour again following racism comments

Abbott banned after defending views that led to her previous suspension

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney MP Diane Abbott suspended by Labour again following racism comments

Mayor joins vigil marking 'grief and horror' of Middle East conflict

Caroline Woodley gives emotional speech at Clapton Common in response to Israel-Palestine war

Author: Hackney Citizen

Mayor joins vigil marking 'grief and horror' of Middle East conflict

Explainer: What statutory powers do councils have over academies?

Unlike local authority-maintained schools, academies are run by not-for-profit trusts under contract with the DfE

Author: Liam Brady

Hackney Council votes to lobby government over ‘inhumane’ hostile environment

Town Hall passes motion urging Home Secretary to drop ‘destructive’ measures in rare show of cross-party consensus

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Council votes to lobby government over ‘inhumane’ hostile environment

'Cost-of-greed crisis': Opposition councillors urge Town Hall to back 'immediate' wealth tax

Debate on Green motion calling for redistribution pushed to January

Author: Hackney Citizen

Critical: Green party London Assembly Member and Dalston councillor Cllr Zoë Garbett

Government denies London mayor Sadiq Khan power to impose rent controls

Ministers have ‘no plans whatsoever’ to enable introduction of caps on the amount private landlords can charge

Author: Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter

Labour Black Socialists condemn Keir Starmer’s treatment of Diane Abbott – with date set for decision on MP’s future

Campaigner Lucie Scott accuses Labour leader of ‘deliberately keeping Abbott in suspense’

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

Labour Black Socialists condemn Keir Starmer’s treatment of Diane Abbott – with date set for decision on MP’s future

Eight Labour councillors in Hackney urge party leader Sir Keir Starmer to back all-out ceasefire in Gaza

The local politicians are among 300 party colleagues to sign an open letter demanding a rethink

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Eight Labour councillors in Hackney urge party leader Sir Keir Starmer to back all-out ceasefire in Gaza

Hackney Labour councillors defy party to demand Gaza ceasefire

Former speakers Soraya Adejare and Humaira Garasia add their names to Labour Muslim Network letter

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Hackney Labour councillors defy party to demand Gaza ceasefire