Hackney businesses have warned they are losing one of their best trading days of the year following changes to the route of the Hackney Half. The popular half marathon has taken place in the borough ...

Residents of The Mount, a council-owned maisonette block in Clapton, say the Town Hall has failed to provide adequate support in the wake of a fire on 5 May that destroyed one flat and damaged five ...

A Green party councillor has quit within days of winning his seat because he was voted in against local government rules. James Tilden was elected to represent Hackney Central ward with 1,681 votes ...

In a statement, the Hackney Greens thanked all those who helped the party in the election campaign and said: “We look forward to running a Green council that keeps the spirit of community, ...

Hackney’s new Mayor Zoë Garbett has named the first members of her cabinet, just days after sweeping the Greens to an historic victory at the Town Hall and ending more than four decades of Labour ...

The Green party candidate Zoë Garbett has won the Hackney mayoral contest with 35,720 votes.

The Green party has won a majority of the seats on Hackney Council. The Conservatives have won two wards: Springfield and Stamford Hill West. Newly-elected mayor Zoë Garbett has been re-elected as a ...

Garbett won the mayoralty in a landslide election, winning by a margin of almost 10,000 votes. The Greens secured 46.88 per cent of the vote – amounting to 35,720 ballots – whilst Labour fell to 35.26 ...

As locals weigh up who should get their votes, each party has published a manifesto highlighting the policies it would pursue if it wins or keeps power. Here, the Local Democracy Reporting Service ...

Green party leader Zack Polanski apologised on Friday (1 May) after he was similarly criticised for reposting a message on X accusing officers of “repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man ...

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. Turnout across wards was also high, as the graph below ...

Sir Sadiq Khan could “of course” make a significant contribution to the House of Lords, a new Labour peer has said. Lord Len Duvall, who was elevated to the second chamber by prime minister Sir Keir ...