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Hampstead Town by-election: Six candidates vying for votes following Labour councillor’s resignation

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 6 July 2022
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Voters go to the polls from 10am tomorrow, with results expected on Friday

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Local elections 2022: Conservative leader loses seat as Labour tightens grip on Camden

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 6 May 2022

Oliver Cooper’s election gamble backfires, with the Liberal Democrats now the largest opposition party in the borough

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Camden voters to quiz borough’s political leaders at election hustings next week

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 1 April 2022
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People can book a place as council heavyweights answer questions ahead of voting on 5 May

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Labour councillor resigns after using fake Twitter account to badmouth colleagues

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 23 November 2021

Former chief whip Lazzaro Pietragnoli initially blamed his wife before coming clean

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Roundhouse hotel expansion approved despite fears over loss of affordable housing

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 6 August 2021

Hotel with 59 rooms gets green light with hopes of jobs for young people

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Councillors rail against boundary changes that could see historic ‘St Pancras’ name lost forever

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 30 July 2021

Cross-party ire as Boundary Commission proposes new moniker for Holborn and St Pancras ward

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Town Hall blocks opposition calls for independent review into future of local schools

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 23 April 2021

Labour rejects outside assessment of falling school rolls as detracting from local knowledge

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Contentious school merger to proceed as families boss acknowledges ‘difficulty and pain’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 30 March 2021

Rhyl to absorb Carlton school, which is ‘very much a victim of falling rolls’, according to Cllr Angela Mason

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Residents condemn community centre demolition as ‘massive overdevelopment’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 26 March 2021

Proposal to turn Charlie Ratchford Centre into housing voted through by planning committee

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Council tax increases by 4.99 per cent amid squabble over ‘fantasy budgets’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 5 March 2021

Reduction in income from tax of 4.9 per cent expected as Town Hall puts £1.5m into employment support

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Motorcycle parking charges: Campaign calls for rethink as councillors hear ‘eye-opening’ concerns

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 3 March 2021

Proposals for daily permit of £6 will come forward to Town Hall cabinet in July

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Heated debate over members’ allowance at Town Hall splits councillors on party lines

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 3 March 2021

Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Greens oppose 2.75 per cent increase to payments ‘when residents are suffering’

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Conservatives call for ‘dramatic expansion’ of invisible tracing liquid to make Camden ‘burglary-free’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 25 February 2020

SmartWater can tag an item or an intruder and glows under UV light for at least five years

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Students demand change on climate emergency as cross-party pledges made

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 9 October 2019

Town Hall formally declares climate emergency as disagreements emerge over timetable for action

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Parties come together to pledge ‘shoulder to shoulder’ support for LGBT+ residents

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 9 July 2019

Town Hall urged by homophobic attack victim to invest in advocacy

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Camden Council votes to formally support demand for second EU referendum

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 13 November 2018

Cross-party support for Liberal Democrat motion to ‘call out the sham that is Brexit’

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‘Absolute rubbish’: Housing crisis sparks heated exchange at council meeting

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 9 October 2018

Camden Conservatives call for independent review of Community Investment Programme

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Row over housing stock quality sparked by councillor’s tweet

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 28 September 2018

“It’s never too late for them to put away the insults and get on with their day job,” says councillor

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‘It’s too hot’: Auditing committee finishes early after basic questioning

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 27 July 2018

‘That is the shortest I’ve ever attended,’ remarks chair Cllr Abdul Quadir

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More than 480 Camden council homes sold under right-to-buy, prompting mixed party responses

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 21 June 2018

Green Party calls data ‘shocking’ while Tories defend home ownership scheme

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