The newly-elected Green Party mayor for Hackney has vowed she will "change the system".Speaking after she ousted Labour, which has held the mayoralty since the directly-elected position was created in 2002, Zoe Garbett said: "Today we start a fightback."In this election, over and over, people kept telling me that they felt let down. People kept saying, 'it's hard for me and it's hard for us'. Council services are failing those who need them most and people are struggling to make ends meet."To ev

The newly-elected Green Party mayor for Hackney has vowed she will "change the system".Speaking after she ousted Labour, which has held the mayoralty since the directly-elected position was created in 2002, Zoe Garbett said: "Today we start a fightback."In this election, over and over, people kept telling me that they felt let down. People kept saying, 'it's hard for me and it's hard for us'. Council services are failing those who need them most and people are struggling to make ends meet."To everyone who voted for me, I truly thank you for putting your trust in me today."She added: "I'm going to change the system. That's why you've elected me, to lead the fightback here in Hackney, this campaign has never just been about the Green Party."Countless people, movements, organisations, parties and communities have come together to make this change possible."