# Labour and Green partnership collapses on council

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/labour-and-green-partnership-collapses-on-council/
- Published: 2026-11-12T14:10:41+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T22:07:22+00:00
- Original publisher: feeds.bbci.co.uk (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62054re2r88o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Sheffield

## Key points

- Sheffield Labour has ended its coalition with the Greens.
- The split followed national pressure and a dispute over councillor posts.
- No party has an overall majority on the council.

## Summary

Labour has withdrawn from its coalition with the Green Party on Sheffield City Council, ending a partnership agreed after May’s local elections. The decision follows pressure from Labour’s national leadership over the Greens’ policy on Zionism and a separate dispute about historic social media posts by Green councillor Mustafa Ahmed.

Council leader Fran Belbin said trust had been eroded and the partnership “must come to an end”; Ahmed strongly rejected the reported portrayal of his posts and said he opposed all forms of racism. The Greens accused Labour of changing its position after talks and said the national party had vetoed the arrangement. Sheffield has no overall controlling party: Labour has 26 councillors, the Greens 19 and the Liberal Democrats 22, alongside smaller groups.

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