Two of the three borough by-elections scheduled in London during the week of the Conservative conference took place in Labour-controlled Haringey yesterday – a Wednesday rather than the customary Thursday in deference to the Jewish holiday of Hoshana Rabbah. The third, in Lambeth, is taking place today. The Haringey vacancies arose due to previously-elected Labour […]
A “damning” report into Haringey Council’s past property deals that suggests key information could have been leaked to a developer will be handed to the police. The independent report, commissioned in response to allegations over a string of high-profile transactions, found information on development sites could have been passed to a developer by a representative […]
A month ago David Mason was warning fellow members of Hornsey & Wood Green Labour they still needed to learn the lessons of the party’s antisemitism crisis and turn away from the “bitter factionalism of the recent past”. Now the Muswell Hill rabbi is celebrating selection as a Labour candidate in Haringey’s Crouch End ward, […]
A cross-party group of Haringey councillors has advised the council to play a conciliatory role in shaping the future of the Seven Sisters indoor market – known to some as the “Latin Village” – and take a cautious approach to providing any financial support for a so-called “community plan” devised by some of the market’s […]
Haringey Council deputy leader Mike Hakata has been deselected as a Labour candidate for the May local elections – a decision which has provoked unprecedented anger from borough residents. His 41 to 34 ousting by members in the St Ann’s ward in south Tottenham is the latest twist in a fractious selection process which has […]
I am an active Labour Party member in North London. But I am also a rabbi, leading a local Jewish community. The last few years have been a deeply difficult time for me. The decision to remain a member of our party was far from an easy one. But I stayed. I had faith that […]
Former Haringey Council leader Joseph Ejiofor, figurehead of what was dubbed the “Corbyn Council”, has been barred by the Labour Party from standing in May’s council elections. The move came just hours before Labour began selecting candidates for May’s borough elections today, with Ejiofor’s appeal against the decision having been rejected on Saturday. “The London […]
Haringey Council has pushed through a name change for Black Boy Lane in south Tottenham after some 20 months of deliberation, despite residents opposing the move by a margin of more than eight to one. It will now be called La Rose Lane after John La Rose, activist and founder in 1966 of Haringey’s New Beacon […]
