Posts Tagged ‘Camden Council’
Council set to launch £1m green investment fund – giving residents the chance to finance local climate change projects
Fund will be used for electric vehicle charging points, school streets and solar panels
Read MoreCamden set for 4.2 per cent council tax hike
Finance chief says Town Hall left with ‘no choice’ as austerity and pandemic put squeeze on coffers
Read MoreConservative councillors call for changes to school streets amid concern for elderly and disabled residents
The initiative bans traffic at school run times, but locals say vulnerable people are struggling to get taxis or reach public transport
Read MoreAl fresco dining to continue in Belsize Village as councillors make ‘miracle’ pandemic scheme permanent
Two similar but less successful initiatives in Covent Garden will end
Read MoreFour landlords behind unsafe home in Kilburn banned from letting out properties in England for five years
Camden has now secured a record seven banning orders against rogue landlords
Read More‘I don’t do jobs half-heartedly’: Leader of Camden’s Liberal Democrats to bow out in May
Cllr Luisa Porritt is taking up a full-time job, but she hasn’t ruled out a return to politics in future
Read MoreHistoric Highgate pub set to expand despite neighbours’ complaints of noise ‘twelve hours a day’
The Gatehouse wins approval to extend into empty restaurant next door
Read MoreWoman lived in damp-infested council flat for years after ‘failures and delays’ at Town Hall
Camden ordered to pay Ms X £3k for ‘distress and inconvenience’ – as she says her health ‘rapidly deteriorated’
Read MoreChildren facing waits of up to 89 weeks for hospital dental treatment in north London – leaving politicians ‘horrified’
One child has been waiting for over two years – as health bosses detail efforts to tackle pandemic backlog
Read MoreCampaigners urge Camden residents to share experiences of last summer’s flash floods as they push for better protection
At least 115 homes were affected by the flooding, with one man narrowly escaping death when he was rescued from his basement flat
Read MoreTheatre producer urges businesses to ‘persevere’ if they think were unfairly denied a Covid grant by Camden Council
Matt Brinkler has now been paid after the Town Hall was found to have misinterpreted the rules for handing out funding
Read MoreCamden Town Hall could soon be home to science labs – with council set to lease out space to help pay for £73m renovation
‘Strong interest’ from a variety of businesses with work set to conclude in October
Read MoreLocal government watchdog slams Camden’s handling of Covid grants after complaints from two businesses
Case sparks concern that other local firms may have been ‘unfairly penalised’ when applying for money to help them through the pandemic
Read MoreEvacuation plans for vulnerable tower block residents could take years, says Camden fire chief
Borough Commander Mark Davidson issues stark warning as council prepares for new safety laws
Read MoreMan spent two months living on the streets after Camden Council gave him wrong advice
Government watchdog castigates Town Hall for failing to provide proper help to man who lost his job after catching Covid
Read MoreCampaigners fear for Hampstead Heath skyline after developer submits plans for nine tower blocks – including 113-metre high skyscraper
Proposals feature up to 825 new homes, but residents say they do not ‘prioritise quality of life’
Read MoreCamden charity boss ‘overwhelmed’ after receiving MBE in New Year’s Honours
Rosalind Paul runs Scene and Heard, which has been teaching youngsters how to write plays for more than two decades
Read MoreNo council tax for cash-strapped families in 2022 as Town Hall extends support scheme
Camden’s cabinet agrees to continue with full exemption for people of working age on no or low income
Read MoreTown Hall urges residents to get vaccinated as drive to protect people from Omicron continues
More than 600 people were diagnosed with Covid in Camden on Tuesday alone
Read MoreCouncil announces extra £400k to tackle domestic abuse in Camden
Move follows an investigation by Camden Women’s Forum, which has set out a number of asks to help tackle the issue
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