Local elections: Greens sweep Labour from power in Hackney

A Labour stronghold for nearly a quarter century, Hackney has flipped to the Greens. Kasper McLeish reports The Green Party has taken control of Hackney Council in a landslide win that saw Labour ousted from the borough for the first time in 24 years. The Hackney Greens now hold 42 of the borough’s 57 seats, while Labour has dropped from 50 councillors to just nine. The Greens went into the May 7…