#Green Party

#Green Party

The Conservative Party is currently in the process of selecting a candidate to take on Mr Khan in 2024 and has announced a shortlist of three names: Susan Hall, Mozammel Hossain, and Daniel Korski.The Green Party has also named a candidate but the Liberal Democrats are still deciding.The election will be held on May 2, simultaneously with elections to the London Assembly and local elections.

T he leader of Newham's Green party walked out of the borough's full council meeting on Monday night after being repeatedly misgendered by Labour councillors.Danny Keeling, who is non-binary, accused colleagues of discrimination following the meeting.The Stratford Olympic Park councillor was speaking against Newham Labour's budget plans when they were referred to as he by council chairman Winston Vaughan.

R eform UK have revealed their car-loving candidate to take on Sadiq Khan in next year's London mayoral election.Howard Cox - the founder of the Fair Fuel UK campaign - pledged to scrap the entire Ultra low emission zone (Ulez) if he is elected, not just its expansion to outer London.He has also promised to abolish Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) across the capital, as well as reducing crime and boosting the number of homes built.

The Greens have won their first outright majority on a UK council in what it hopes cements a coming of age moment as a mainstream party.Mid Suffolk fell from a minority Conservative administration to sole control of the Greens as they made inroads elsewhere during the local election results on Friday.

Local election day has arrived, with voters heading to the polls across England.Voting kicked off at 7am in 230 local authorities, marking the nation's biggest round of elections since 2019.Crucial mayoral ballots are also taking place in Bedford, Leicester, Mansfield and Middlesbrough.Local elections typically reflect voters' attitudes about neighbourhood concerns, such as when bins are collected, the state of parks and pavements, or access to libraries and hospitals.

Positive views of the Conservative Party have returned to their lowest level since the last election, according to a new poll.Despite a raft of policy announcements on small boats, Brexit and the Budget, pollster Ipsos found just 20% of people had a favourable view of the Tories in a poll carried out between March 17 and 20.

Polling stations will open later as voting begins in Northern Ireland's local government elections.Voters will be electing 462 councillors across the 11 councils in Northern Ireland.Polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm on Thursday.It is the first electoral test for the parties since last year's Assembly elections and takes place against the backdrop of the continued Stormont stalemate with the powersharing institutions not operating as part of a DUP protest against post-Brexit trading arrangements.

The absence of a Northern Ireland Assembly means the election to Belfast City Council will have an extra political edge.With 60 seats, it is the largest elected body in Northern Ireland which is currently functioning.The Belfast city chamber has mirrored Stormont in recent years.At the last council election in 2019, Sinn Féin held the most seats, and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) came in second.

Support for the DUP has risen in the past year while Sinn Fein remains the top party in Northern Ireland, a new poll has suggested.A LucidTalk poll for the Belfast Telegraph puts support for Sinn Fein at 29%, ahead of the DUP on 25%, Alliance on 13%, UUP on 11% and the SDLP on 7%.Jim Allister's TUV is on 7% while the Green Party is on 2%, Aontu on 2%, People Before Profit on 1% and 3% for others and independents.

Plans to ask the public to pledge their allegiance to the King during the coronation have been branded offensive, tone deaf and a gesture that holds the people in contempt by a pressure group.Charles's coronation will include the first Homage of the People a modern addition to the ancient ceremony that will see people across the UK and overseas realms invited to swear an oath of allegiance to Charles.

The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau.Sign up to get it by email.This week's issue is written by Natasha Frost, a reporter with the Australia bureau.On Thursday Australia's national holiday, known as Australia Day my local coffee shop in Melbourne was packed.But as they sipped coffees and chowed down on breakfast burritos, many of the mostly young, mostly white customers made their feelings about the day be known via their choice of clothing: the same red, black and yellow T-shirt, with the slogan Always Was, Always Will Be.

When Leo Varadkar became Ireland's prime minister in 2017, he was hailed as a fresh face in European politics, only 38 years old, his country's first openly gay leader and the first with South Asian heritage  a personification of a rapidly modernizing state.Now he returns to office on Saturday, in a prearranged power-sharing deal, with that initial optimism dissipated, and with question marks over his judgment and leadership style.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) suffered a setback Sunday in a rerun of the Berlin state election.The conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) picked up the largest share of the vote at 28.2%, leaving the SPD in a tie for second place with the environment-friendly Greens, each with 18.4%.