Residents call for ‘enhanced’ CCTV across borough’s housing estates
Council to look at roll-out of strategically deployable ‘state-of-the-art’ cameras
Read MoreTown Hall weighing up service charge hike for council tenants
Council plan aims to reduce budget pressure and allow for ‘necessary investment in resident safety’
Read MoreSweat at the Donmar – review
The Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Lynn Nottage
Read MoreCouncil officers moot new charter to protect residents from construction
Document would set out all construction approach in one place as well as explaining the limits of Town Hall power
Read MoreCouncil requests public inquiry in Leighton Arms row
‘Loss of our public house and leisure facility have a serious detrimental effect on our neighbourhood’
Read MoreTown Hall boasts of success in exterminating ‘proliferation’ of phone boxes
‘What’s going on with these telephone kiosks? Where have they all come from?’, asks councillor
Read MoreAlmost 100 proposals made to address budget deficit of up to £40m
‘The scale of the government’s cuts mean that tough choices are unavoidable,’ says council report
Read MoreFinancial reserves for schools’ high needs funding almost depleted in face of £2.3m overspend
‘There is an increase in spending because there is an increase in need out there,’ says head teacher
Read More‘I’m a bit frightened, now’: Warnings imminent cost increases could cause ‘whole range of schools to fall off cliff’
Headteachers express shock at unexpected pay rise for support staff
Read MoreCouncillors slam NHS ‘democratic deficit’ as information sought in vain over asset sales
‘We have a response from you and I’m still none the wiser,’ says committee chair
Read MorePatient group raises concerns over specialist UTI service leaving children in ‘desperate’ need of care
Health Scrutiny Committee chair for North Central London calls for cases to be taken to ‘the very, very top of the NHS’
Read MoreTop medics urged to publicly consult on St Pancras Hospital redevelopment
‘You are experts in mental health, but not experts in estate development. We want to be proud about what’s going to be there,’ says councillor
Read MoreEvening Standard’s Russell Square festival faces stiff opposition from local groups
Love London event receives licence from council despite Russell Square Commissioners’ unanimous opposition
Read MoreCamden Market Italian Alley gets licencing go-ahead as residents complain of feeling ‘demolished’
Licensing lawyer advises challenge on policy exemptions for cumulative impact
Read MoreCouncil secures Home Office funding to tackle youth violence
More than £200k over next three years for rapid response interventions by practitioners co-located in police custody
Read MoreNew Horizon CEO speaks out on hidden youth homelessness
‘We need to be honest about the scale of youth homelessness in this city’, says youth centre boss
Read MoreCamden Council votes to formally support demand for second EU referendum
Cross-party support for Liberal Democrat motion to ‘call out the sham that is Brexit’
Read MoreCricklewood Supersave’s licence revoked as sniffer dogs discover over 34,000 illicit cigarettes
‘I knew it was wrong, but at the time I was in a very bad state,’ says owner
Read MoreProblem building leaves Covent Garden residents ‘disempowered and hopeless’
Weary occupants of Matilda Apartments have long complained about water and heating problems
Read MoreCross-party calls to replace social housing lost in Daleham Gardens fire
Housing scrutiny committee to formally recommend like-for-like replacement of homes
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