Green Party leader Zack Polanski to stand in Starmer's former seat

Green Party leader Zack Polanski will contest the Holborn and St Pancras by-election triggered by Keir Starmer's resignation as MP. Green Party members selected Polanski, who also chairs the London Assembly, as their candidate. He called the contest a "referendum on ending Rip-off Britain," framing it around household costs rather than party loyalty in a seat Starmer held as Prime Minister.