Local elections: Two ELL boroughs go Green decisively to end legacy Labour rule; Rahman and Perry return

In the crucial local elections, two EastLondonLines boroughs have voted to cut traditional ties with Labour, shaking up a system that has long dominated the capitol, even as a clear difference was revealed between London’s choices and the rest of England. With Hackney and Lewisham becoming two of the three London councils wrested by the Green Party from years of Labour control, this year’s local…