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Haringey: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

London Borough of Haringey: London borough (unitary), England, London; part of the GLA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E09000014.

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Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Haringey for 2026–27: £1,803.27 of a £2,313.78 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 5 opened (5 academy converter), 6 closed (5 academy converter, 1 closure)

Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation — closed; reason recorded: closure, 17 July 2026
St Francis de Sales RC Infant School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 June 2026
St Francis de Sales RC Junior School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 June 2026
St Ignatius RC Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 June 2026
St Mary's Priory RC Infant School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 January 2026
St Mary's Priory RC Junior School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 January 2026
St Francis De Sales Catholic Infant School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 July 2026
St Francis De Sales Catholic Junior School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 July 2026
St Ignatius Catholic Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 July 2026
St Mary's Priory Catholic Infant School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 February 2026
St Mary's Priory Catholic Junior School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 February 2026

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Haringey reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Haringey: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£304.5 million
Highways and transport services	−£2.1 million
Children's social care	£85.7 million
Adult social care	£171.0 million
Public health	£28.9 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£62.7 million
Cultural and related services	£9.8 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£24.4 million
Planning and development services	£6.7 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£12.6 million
Other services	£15.9 million
Total service expenditure	£720.1 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Haringey in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 263,850 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 36 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £39,060 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £747 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 38.2% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 7.6% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £638,690 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 13.0 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 58.2 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 58.3 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 2.2 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 89.1% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 135.3 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 14,550 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

57 seats in 2026. Run by: Greens, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Green Party (E&W) 28, Labour Party 21, Liberal Democrats 8.

Next scheduled council election: 2 May 2030.

All 57 councillors, by ward

Aj Egemonye (Labour Party) — Alexandra Park
Melanie Gingell (Labour Party) — Alexandra Park
Andrea Hodgson (Labour Party) — Bounds Green
Emily Arkell (Labour Party) — Bounds Green
Dan Johnson (Green Party (E&W)) — Bruce Castle
Ibrahim Ali (Labour Party) — Bruce Castle
Sue Jameson (Labour Party) — Bruce Castle
Fiona Orford-Williams (Liberal Democrats) — Crouch End
Imad Ahmed (Liberal Democrats) — Crouch End
Luke Cawley-Harrison (Liberal Democrats) — Crouch End
Daniela Parry (Labour Party) — Fortis Green
Dawn Barnes (Liberal Democrats) — Fortis Green
Michael Brookes (Labour Party) — Fortis Green
Jo Kuper (Green Party (E&W)) — Harringay
Marc Jenner (Green Party (E&W)) — Harringay
Rosie Latchford (Green Party (E&W)) — Harringay
Ata Aksit (Green Party (E&W)) — Hermitage & Gardens
Fin Fitzgerald (Green Party (E&W)) — Hermitage & Gardens
Eva Bell (Green Party (E&W)) — Highgate
Nick Da Costa (Liberal Democrats) — Highgate
Scott Emery (Liberal Democrats) — Highgate
Adam Small (Labour Party) — Hornsey
Dana Carlin (Labour Party) — Hornsey
Elin Weston (Labour Party) — Hornsey
Karolina Braun (Liberal Democrats) — Muswell Hill
Tony Powell (Liberal Democrats) — Muswell Hill
Erin Wolson (Green Party (E&W)) — Noel Park
Johann Beckford (Green Party (E&W)) — Noel Park
Simon Clark (Green Party (E&W)) — Noel Park
Jayon Henriques (Green Party (E&W)) — Northumberland Park
John Bevan (Labour Party) — Northumberland Park
Kaushika Amin (Labour Party) — Northumberland Park
Ash Ahmed (Green Party (E&W)) — Seven Sisters
Luisa Brands (Green Party (E&W)) — Seven Sisters
Anna Lawton (Labour Party) — South Tottenham
Makbule Gunes (Labour Party) — South Tottenham
Mark Grosskopf (Labour Party) — South Tottenham
Georgia Twigg (Green Party (E&W)) — St Ann's
Ruairidh Paton (Green Party (E&W)) — St Ann's
Bethany Anderson (Green Party (E&W)) — Stroud Green
Edward Thacker (Green Party (E&W)) — Stroud Green
Gio Iozzi (Green Party (E&W)) — Stroud Green
Andrew Reid (Green Party (E&W)) — Tottenham Central
Dixie-Ann Joseph (Green Party (E&W)) — Tottenham Central
Mark Blake (Green Party (E&W)) — Tottenham Central
Hannah Ward (Green Party (E&W)) — Tottenham Hale
Nelly Tackie (Green Party (E&W)) — Tottenham Hale
Tehseen Khan (Green Party (E&W)) — Tottenham Hale
Anne Gray (Green Party (E&W)) — West Green
Sarah Williams (Labour Party) — West Green
Seema Chandwani (Labour Party) — West Green
Beverley Berrick (Labour Party) — White Hart Lane
Marie Kristensen (Green Party (E&W)) — White Hart Lane
Mike Hodges (Green Party (E&W)) — White Hart Lane
Hasret Bozdogan (Labour Party) — Woodside
Lucia Neves (Labour Party) — Woodside
Tammy Hymas (Green Party (E&W)) — Woodside

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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