Wild rumpus
LOCAL authorities got a familiar bop on the head last week when the press reminded them, after a classic old chestnut Freedom of Information Act request, about the artwork [...]
Camden Council
Council TV: More live Town Hall meetings coming to a screen near you
WORK is continuing apace at the Crowndale Centre where a new Town Hall chamber, mayor’s parlour and committee rooms are being constructed. As explained previously, [...]
Camden Mandem
URBAN dictionaries on the internet suggest the meaning of the term “Mandem” varies from simply “a group of men”, “a group of friends” to the less charitable “a [...]
Her name was G-L-O-R-I-A: Council forgets tribute to former mayor
THE council which held a minute of silence for Nelson Mandela months before he actually died forgot about somebody closer to home last night. Due to a cock-up rather than an [...]
Pokemon No for Camden Council
IT’S time to feel a little sorry for local authority press offices, who around the country are having to deal with local reporters desperately trying to crowbar the [...]
Fifteen Camden Labour councillors among 500 who call for Corbyn to go
FIFTEEN from Camden are among the 500 councillors who have signed a public letter calling for Jeremy Corbyn to step aside as the party leader. It all adds to the pressure on [...]
Full council live updates
26 February, 2016 Live updates from Camden Town [...]
FOI: Cost too high to get full council ‘bullying’ figures
A MYSTERY researcher looking at how local authorities deal with bullying cases has been told they won’t get all the info they are interested in from Camden because it [...]
Hangovers all round
IF you’ve got a woosy head this morning from last night’s full council meeting drinking game, blame Labour councillor Lorna Russell, who poked the fun right back [...]
You can take the councillors out of the Town Hall…
IT was all very convivial over a glass of wine and mince pie at the Town Hall last night, as the council time-warped back a few spaces to celebrate the 50th anniversary of [...]