Mid Suffolk will become first majority-controlled Green council in UK if party wins at least five more seats

Opening the door of her Victorian house dressed in a smart jumper and crisp red trousers, Wendy Robbins, 87, hardly resembles a stereotypical Green voter. But she is – and one so loyal she is almost aghast at being canvassed.

“For goodness sake, you don’t have to ask,” she playfully chastises Andrew Stringer, the local Green councillor, who has knocked on her door in the Suffolk village of Mendlesham ahead of Thursday’s local elections.

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