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‘Shocking’ data reveals Camden school absences among worst in London

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 25 February 2025

Officials say handling poor pupil attendance is a ‘constant battle’

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East is South, Hampstead Theatre, stage review: ‘Urgent and thought-provoking’

By Sarah Birch | Friday 21 February 2025

Beau Willimon’s play exploring the relationship between artficial and human intelligence is ‘gripping’

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More than half of disabled people in Camden are out of work, report finds

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 14 February 2025

New data reveals disparity between borough’s unemployed people amid government’s welfare reforms

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Gregg Bordowitz: There: a Feeling, Camden Art Centre, exhibition review: ‘Ill health as a springboard for metaphysical reflection’

By Sarah Birch | Friday 14 February 2025

Bordowitz has lived with HIV for three decades, and it informs his work with ‘intriguing results’

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Camden schools face funding squeeze as council warns of burgeoning costs

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 12 February 2025

Inflation and additional spending on high needs pupils see predicted overspend grow by £500k

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Social housing repairs backlog almost halved as tenant satisfaction rises, report shows

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 6 February 2025

Council marks progress following last year’s bruising social ombudsman report on housing complaints culture

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Performers lavish praise on Camden People’s Theatre at 30th anniversary bash

By Sarah Birch | Tuesday 4 February 2025

Comedian Frankie Thompson said the Hampstead Road venue ‘invests in artists at the very start’

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Happy Days, Etcetera Theatre, stage review: ‘Pub theatre at its very best’

By Sarah Birch | Wednesday 29 January 2025

This 60-minute take on the Samuel Beckett play is ‘well adapted’ to Etcetera’s pub stage

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Stories of Migration, SOAS Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Grand questions that haunt us all’

By Sarah Birch | Friday 24 January 2025

This multimedia display ‘transforms ethnographic research into accessible formats’

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‘Have some humility’: Leader bites back at opposition as council grilled on housing repairs

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 24 January 2025

Extraordinary Town Hall meeting triggered by Liberal Democrats following ‘worrying’ response to damning report

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‘Blood on your hands’: Campaigners slam council for ‘dither and delay’ over divestment

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 23 January 2025

Pension committee to consider auditing funds but councillors rebuff activists’ demand for unilateral divestment

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‘Prattle’: Camden leader dismisses Tory attack on Labour over Bangladeshi political ties

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 22 January 2025

Conservative leader alleges ‘marriage of convenience’ between Labour and Awami League after local MP’s resignation

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One in three private landlords in Camden could be flouting ‘additional licensing’ rules, report suggests

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 17 January 2025

Data comes as council outlines plans to deliver more affordable and social rent homes in the borough

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Council leader praises ‘hard-working’ Treasury minister for resigning amid anti-corruption probe

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 15 January 2025

Hampstead and Highgate MP Tulip Siddiq yesterday quit frontbench after being named in Bangladesh investigation

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Care home staff refusing vaccinations as flu cases rise, council warns

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 10 January 2025

Director of health and wellbeing says it is planning to engage with more workers to boost jab uptake

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A Lesson in Cruelty, Harriet Tyce, book review: ‘An action-packed and beguiling read’

By Sarah Birch | Tuesday 7 January 2025

The local author’s ‘meditation’ on crime and punishment is underpinned by a ‘rip-roaring story’

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Where Water Lies, Hilary Tailor, book review: ‘The intimacy of the community on the Heath’

By Sarah Birch | Thursday 2 January 2025
Where Water Lies book cover

Hampstead’s famous Ladies Pond is the setting for a story about two ‘brusque’ women who connect through swimming

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The Glassmaker, book review – ‘engaging, enchanting magical realism’

By Sarah Birch | Wednesday 18 December 2024
The Glassmaker book cover

Different stages of Orsola’s life are situated in different centuries – from the 15th to the 21st

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Camden announces ‘major retrofit’ for 3,000 council homes

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 18 December 2024
Richard Olszewski

New solar panel and battery installations will cost over £20 million

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Camden has third highest number of empty council homes in London, data reveals

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 13 December 2024

Council says it is hiring new staff to manage and allocate vacant properties to bring numbers down

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