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69 articles about 56 events for “London Council Elections”.
“But experts fear that the situation could get worse within days, as speculation mounts that Donald Trump is planning new bombing raids on Iran after next week's midterm elections in the US, which would drive oil prices higher still.”
“Five big stories - Israeli elections | Israel could be in for weeks of political haggling after exit polls and partial official results showed neither Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition nor the opposition bloc led by former general Gadi Eisenkot had won enough…”
“The election result could see "weird bedfellows of left and right come together in condemnation of Israel," said Price Floyd, a former US official and senior adviser with Argyll Strategy, a London-based strategic communications firm.”
“A senior west London councillor is being investigated by the local authority after a whistleblower made claims of fraudulent activity and financial gain.”
“United States oil companies have earned more than $130bn in profits during the war on Iran, even as consumers pay much higher prices for key commodities, amid fears that US President Donald Trump may renew fighting after midterm elections.”
“…eased voter participation was the apparent close contest between mayoral front-runners Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford, as well as tight races for council positions in several wards, said Cristine de Clercy, a political scientist who teaches at Trent…”
“Ahead of the local elections in 2026, the Hackney Green Party pledged in its manifesto to “explore every option to cancel” the reconstruction of an ageing rubbish incinerator serving seven councils in North London.”
“Yet on the same day, The Washington Post reported that Vice President JD Vance had offered to meet Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, in person to negotiate an end to the war.”
“Turnout in mayoral and council elections is woeful, largely because nobody believes their vote counts for anything.”
“Nonetheless, the Greens did very well in local elections in London in May, riding the crest of a political wave which began shortly after Polanski became the party's leader just over a year ago.”
“Labour candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali, the leader of the local council, won the by-election in the central London constituency of Holborn and St.”
“According to Labour and Liberal Democrat activists and councillors at the count at Camden Council’s headquarters in north London, the Green Party has lost support in recent days over members backing a motion declaring Zionism is racism at its conference.”
“Members of the Green party, which has five MPs in Britain’s 650-seat parliament and which enjoyed a boost in recent local and special elections, backed the motion at the party’s conference, with 1,022 votes in favour and 813 against.”
“Members of the Greens, which has five members in Britain’s 650-seat parliament and which enjoyed a boost in recent local and special elections, backed the motion at the party’s conference, with 1,022 votes in favour and 813 against.”
“UK Green party adopts ‘Zionism is racism’ policy LONDON - The UK’s left-wing Green party on Oct 4 voted to define Zionism as racism at the party’s annual get-together, drawing sharp backlash from British Jewish groups and the Israeli government.”
“The row over Wandsworth Council’s planned near-doubling of council tax is escalating after Kemi Badenoch revealed the Conservative Party “instructed lawyers” to challenge government cuts to the Tory-run London borough.”
“Wandsworth has long had one of the lowest council tax rates in the country, with an average Band D property currently paying just over £1,000, compared to above £2,000 in an increasing number of London boroughs.”
“Badenoch has ‘instructed lawyers’ to challenge cuts to Tory-run London council Mrs Badenoch said: “I think it is outrageous that Wandsworth Council is having to put up council tax.”
“But in the Camden council elections in May, the borough the constituency is in, the Greens won 28.8 percent across its wards to Labour’s 38.8, taking seats in Starmer’s own patch for the first time.”
“'It represents so many of the things that make London so special.”
“…isrupted global oil and gas supplies and wreaked havoc on energy facilities and infrastructure in Gulf states – questions remain over whether a regional agreement is possible and where it would leave relations between the US and Gulf Cooperation Council…”
“Ottawa, Brampton, London and Kitchener were among the communities that kept their mayors and most of their councils.”
“The Reform administration at Havering Town Hall – the right-wing party gained majority control at the May elections – has promised to put out the fires, with council leader Keith Prince looking to work with Lord Khan to highlight the issue.”
“In tight-run parliamentary elections this Sunday, the country’s most consequential political movement in decades, Student List, is challenging former Slobodan Milošević henchman Aleksandar Vučić and his 12-year domination of Serbian politics.”
“Residents on a south London estate have urged councillors to support them in a dispute with management over ‘squalid living conditions’.”
“Councillor Roger Harmer, a Liberal Democrat who became leader of Birmingham City Council after Labour lost power in May's elections, denied that, and told Panorama his officers were working to eradicate fraud and poor provision.”
“Rebecca Jones, elected as a party councillor in May in Lewisham, south-east London, is one of 745 ‘supporters’ of the policy, proposed by Green member Lubna Speitan.”
“He was especially inspired by the Second Vatican Council of 1962-1965, which affirmed the Church’s commitment to human rights and encouraged everyone to play an active role in society.”
“…nt, who on Friday struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to buy diesel from Russia in an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, has been urging Zelenskyy for weeks to stop strikes on Russian energy…”
“…r escalation could lead to higher prices, fewer choices and longer waits for some products The Canada-U.S. trade war has reshaped Canadians' view of their country, somewhat rekindled coast-to-coast-to-coast unity and dominated federal and provincial…”
“Netanyahu “has instructed the head of the National Security Council, Shmuel Ben Ezra, to appoint an examiner to conduct a thorough review of all security aspects of foreign civil aviation to Israel”, a statement from the premier’s office said.”
“A Green-led London council run is planning to trial a four-day week for employees.”
“Several Green councils in London have already vowed to stop cooperating with Home Office officials launching immigration raids across the capital.”
“Earlier this year he apologised for an 'unintentional mistake' over not paying council tax on a houseboat in east London.”
“Enfield Council announced it made £8.1 million in profit — termed “surplus revenue” — from its parking services in the 2025/26 financial year.”
“He passes reasonable, economically-optimal policies and they work out so well that the economy booms and his party keeps winning massive supermajority elections for decades.”
“…ine policing, through stints as a union official, community councillor and – unlikely as it sounds – a film and TV extra, to his present post as Scotland’s powerful transparency watchdog, where he is engaged in several well-publicised battles against the…”
“It’s a message the 42-year-old former leader of Camden council returns to with ruthless discipline ahead of a byelection on 8 October.”
“At the council elections in May, the Greens made sweeping gains in London at the expense of Labour.”
“However, Mr Farage’s party may struggle to achieve such a breakthrough given that it failed to gain control of Barking and Dagenham Council from Labour and Bexley from the Tories at the May local elections.”
“The numbers may now look increasingly enticing to Mr Polanski who previously listed a string of London seats which he would contest, including Hoborn and St Pancras, if there was a vacancy.”
“Bookies have Labour’s candidate, Camden Council leader Sagal Abdi-Wali, as firm favourite but by-elections are notoriously difficult to predict and political experts are divided over the likelihood of a Labour win.”
““First, I will ask the council whether it wishes to commission an independent external review of FIFA’s current governance framework for major strategic initiatives and recommend potential improvements,” he wrote, adding that he will also “propose that the…”
“According to Rob Geist Pinfold, a lecturer at King’s College London, Trump may take Iran’s memo seriously – in an effort to end the war before the US midterm elections in November.”
“LONDON -- Plumes of smoke rose over Moscow on Sunday morning after Ukraine's latest massed drone attack on the city in which a major oil refinery was among the targets, according to the Russian capital's mayor.”
“Mr Polanski is hoping to build on the Greens' momentum from the May local elections, which saw the party placed second behind Labour in council wards within the constituency.”
“Urban dwellers from New York to London to Taipei can talk endlessly about the cost of living, traffic, construction and so on.”
“Mr Polanski is hoping to build on the Greens' momentum from the May local elections, which saw the party placed second behind Labour in council wards within the constituency.”
“Residents in the south London borough are facing the eye-watering increases after the Tory-run council claimed the Labour Government had slashed its funding by £84million a year.”
“He worked in financial services in London and became a councillor, and later Conservative leader, at Barnet council in the north of the capital.”
“So for instance in London, I'd be expecting the candidates to be campaigning in English, not in other languages.' Zack Polanski has released a video entirely in Urdu for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election The Green Party leader posted the clip in Urdu on…”
“Speaking ahead of his elevation to the Lords, he said: “This country and our capital city gave me the opportunity to go from a council estate to being Mayor of London, and I’m truly honoured to be given a peerage.”
“A victory for Cllr Abdi-Wali would see her step down from her role as leader of the north London council to assume Sir Keir’s former seat.”
“- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source A politics watchdog has been accused of a whitewash after it 'brushed aside' evidence of illegal family voting at elections this year.”
“For a decade, Putin’s government, regarded as a chief adversary of the U.S., has been accused of efforts to influence American elections.”
““I think you've been amazing what you've achieved with Camden Council, but we want you in Parliament.””
“Adam Hug stepped down as the leader of Westminster council after Labour lost control of the borough at the May local elections.”
“Mothin Ali, a Leeds city councillor, is the owner of two buy-to-let properties in the Gipton area of the city that are believed to be occupied by tenants.”
“…el, who Israeli analysts such as Ori Goldberg described as being owed an electoral debt by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of crucial elections later this year, the occupation is also a means of exerting additional pressure on the government in…”
“Some months after 9/11, my newspaper was approached by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which was unhappy with what we’d write about Islam’s incompatibility with the preservation of the West as we know it.”
“Prime Minister Andy Burnham, on his first overseas trip since taking office last month, on Monday joined almost a dozen other European leaders, as well as other dignitaries including European Council President Antonio Costa, in Kyiv.”
“He's the cofounder and director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, and he joins me now from London.”
“For just a few thousand voters in the Trinity ward of the London Borough of Wandsworth not only have it in their grasp to restore Tory control over what was once known as 'Margaret Thatcher's favourite council', they could also shape the country's direction…”
“Following the report, Russia's embassy in London warned Britain of unspecified "consequences" for supplying drones to Kyiv.”