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Least well-off residents will not pay Camden's council tax bills
Jan 3, 2025 · MORE than 22,000 people in Camden will be told they will either not have to pay council tax – or receive a heavy discount. The help for the borough’s poorest residents is the fifth year that Camden has extended its Council Tax Support Scheme. Local authorities in several areas have decided ...
Housing cuts come as ‘massive shock’ for staff
Jan 3, 2025 · Women, black people and those in their 50s are being disproportionately affected, according to a report seen by the New Journal. A COST-CUTTING overhaul of the housing department will worsen the service for tenants and is affecting staff morale like a “bereavement”, Town Hall insiders warned ...
Homeless in tents say freezing weather support did not get to them
Nov 28, 2024 · Tent erected in Tottenham Court Road [Simon Lamrock]. DOZENS of people were sleeping in tents across Camden when temperatures plunged, despite local authorities being required to get people off the streets and into emergency shelters.
Who will fix crumbling Camden Town Underground Station?
Oct 17, 2024 · THE new Labour government has been urged to end the scandalous failure to upgrade Camden Town station after it was shut down this week following a serious structural collapse.
It’s official: Leaseholders get big bills but badly done repairs
May 16, 2024 · A DAMNING Town Hall report into how it manages 10,000 homes bought from council stock reveals how costly repairs are often botched, causing huge bills for leaseholder.
It's a great night out in Camden Town - Camden New Journal
Nov 21, 2023 · It's a great night out in Camden Town – but we still don't feel safe on the way home, warn councillors. Women are still looking over their shoulders and texting friends to make sure they got home
Charity is seeing rise in pensioner rough sleepers
Aug 11, 2024 · PENSIONERS are among the worrying rise in rough sleepers on Tottenham Court Road, a charity warned this week. An urgent meeting was called by the American Church and the Fitzrovia Partnership to bring residents, businesses and community groups together to discuss how we can best help people experiencing homelessness.
How can the regeneration chief say that? | Camden New Journal
Oct 5, 2023 · Andrew Dow with the former mayor of Camden Jill Fraser • THANK you for such a balanced report about our estate, (Tenants on estate facing bulldozer say new plans ‘are not what we voted for’, September 28). We welcome the news Camden acknowledge that our residents should have a say in the final design of the regenerated estate.