Days after becoming the first Green Party leader of Haringey, Mark Blake is confronted by some hard truths. The council’s auditors, KPMG, have just warned it about the dire state of its finances. “The overall financial health of the Council has deteriorated to the point where it is no longer able to set a balanced […]
Five London borough by-elections took place on Thursday 25 June, which is a lot given that a full set of borough elections was held only last month. The contests were needed in order fill seats already vacated by newly elected councillors who were either not qualified to stand or decided they did not wish to […]
Could Haringey Council, Labour controlled since its inception in 1965 except for a short period in Conservative hands between 1968 and 1971, go Green on 7 May? At first glance it seems unlikely: in the 2022 election Labour won 50 seats, the Liberal Democrats took seven and the Greens, none. However, predictions so far have […]
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 […]
