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On Monday night, 1 June, 24 long days after the borough elections, Martin Abrams became the new leader of Lambeth Council, the first Green Party councillor to secure the role. His elevation to the head of a minority administration followed intense negotiations with the Liberal Democrat group which, though smaller in number than both its Green and Labour counterparts, holds th...

The penalty shoot-out is an instrument of torture best escaped from by finding a reason to walk to a corner shop and letting the London street break the bad news.

During my outward journey, the evening ticking towards eight but the sun still Mediterranean, roars and groans from the pub across the road suggested things were in the balance in Budapest. But as the checkou...

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Four newly-elected Green party councillors last night installed Conservative councillor Alessandro Georgiou as leader of Enfield Council and head of a new minority Conservative administration – all without raising a hand in favour either of Georgiou or his Labour rival Ergin Erbil at the council’s annual meeting.

The council had been left under No Overall Control after...

Lambeth Council remains on course to radically change its decision-making processes thanks to an agreement between the Green and Liberal Democrat groups on the No Overall Control authority, which also involves the Lib Dems supporting a Green becoming the next council leader.

Wednesday night’s post-borough elections Annual Meeting was adjourned to enable proposals, the ...