https://www.europesays.com/ie/712559/ ‘Highest ever’: Cork City Council votes for Local Property Tax hike #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CorkCityCouncil #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #HousingAndAccommodation #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #LocalDemocracyReporting #MainNews #MainNews #News #TopStories #TopStories
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Zack Polanski to step down from City Hall role if elected as an MP in Keir Starmer’s former seat
Zack Polanski arriving at London City Hall. Photo: Facundo Arrizabalaga/MyLondon/LDRS. Zack Polanski will step down as a member…
#London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #CityofLondon #HolbornandStPancras #localdemocracyreporting #ZackPolanski
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Camden Council leader Abdi-Wali tipped as Labour’s preferred candidate for Holborn and St Pancras by-election
Sagal Abdi-Wali speaking at Camden Town Hall. Image: Camden Council webcast. The leader of Camden Council is reportedly…
#London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Camden #HolbornandStPancras #localdemocracyreporting #politcs #SagalAbdi-Wali
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https://www.europesays.com/people/215080/ Zack Polanski to step down from City Hall role if elected as an MP in Keir Starmer’s former seat #HolbornAndStPancras #KeirStarmer #LocalDemocracyReporting #ZackPolanski
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Westminster Council waste depot to cost nearly £7mn more than planned
Westminster City Council’s planned new waste depot in South London will cost nearly £7mn more than originally planned,…
#London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Westminster #localdemocracyreporting #WestminsterCityCouncil
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/660449/ More disappointment for Boxd coffee as Cork city drive-thru refused planning #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #Business #CorkCityCouncil #CorkCountyCouncil #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #LocalDemocracyReporting #MainNews #MainNews #News #TopStories #TopStories
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Coroner warns NHS after North London woman’s fatal complications post-surgery
The inquest into Ms Yohanes’s death was held at St Pancras Coroner’s Court in July 2025. Photo: LDRS…
#London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #coroner'scourt #Health #inquests #localdemocracyreporting
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Coroner warns NHS after North London woman’s fatal complications post-surgery
The inquest into Ms Yohanes’s death was held at St Pancras Coroner’s Court in July 2025. Photo: LDRS…
#EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #London #coroner'scourt #Health #Inquests #localdemocracyreporting
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/111273/ Coroner warns NHS after North London woman’s fatal complications post-surgery #Coroner'sCourt #Health #Inquests #LocalDemocracyReporting #London
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Coroner warns NHS after North London woman’s fatal complications post-surgery
The inquest into Ms Yohanes’s death was held at St Pancras Coroner’s Court in July 2025. Photo: LDRS…
#London #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #CoronersCourt #GreatBritain #Health #Inquests #localdemocracyreporting #london
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/1169859/ Coroner warns NHS after North London woman’s fatal complications post-surgery #Britain #CoronersCourt #England #GreatBritain #Health #Inquests #LocalDemocracyReporting #london #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Camden Council compensates woman with autism after failing to properly assess her care needs
Camden Council has agreed to pay an autistic woman £2,600 for causing distress after it only offered her…
#London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Camden #CamdenCouncil #localdemocracyreporting #LocalGovernmentandSocialCareOmbudsman
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/604479/ Anger as refurbed Carrigaline playground ‘already vandalised’ days after opening #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #Carrigaline #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #LocalDemocracyReporting #MainNews #MainNews #News #TopStories #TopStories
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/599154/ Food trucks to return to Paul Street plaza #Business #CorkCity #CorkCityCouncil #CorkLoves #Éire #IE #Ireland #LocalDemocracyReporting
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/564331/ Road closure update as VIP EU visitors prepare to land in Cork #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CorkCity #Éire #EuropeanUnion #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Gardaí #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #LocalDemocracyReporting #MainNews #MainNews #News #TopStories #TopStories
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/542735/ ‘Young people on the northside should have a place to ride scramblers’ says Cork TD #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CorkCity #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #LocalDemocracyReporting #MainNews #MainNews #News #politics #TopStories #TopStories
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/?p=64726 London councils told to acquire empty homes to help solve housing crisis #EmptyHomes #GreaterLondonAssembly #Housing #LocalDemocracyReporting #London
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/534228/ Cork senator welcomes privacy report on ‘creepy’ AI glasses used for covert recordings #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ArtificialIntelligence #Éire #IE #Ireland #LocalDemocracyReporting #politics #Technology
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/530019/ Cork TD blasts ‘heartless’ eviction of hundreds of Ukrainians from holiday village #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #LocalDemocracyReporting #MainNews #MainNews #Midleton #News #TopStories #TopStories
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/519186/ Cork makes do with ‘banjaxed buses from Dublin and Limerick’ as EV fleet in storage ##transport #Business #CorkCity #Éire #IE #Ireland #LocalDemocracyReporting
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/?p=48483 Next London Plan to be ‘leaner’ to boost housebuilding in capital #AffordableHousing #GreaterLondonAuthority #Housing #LocalDemocracyReporting #London #LondonPlan #SocialHousing
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/984431/ Next London Plan to be ‘leaner’ to boost housebuilding in capital #AffordableHousing #Britain #England #GreatBritain #GreaterLondonAuthority #Housing #LocalDemocracyReporting #london #LondonPlan #SocialHousing #UK #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/497614/ Works to finally start on Cork’s most infamous derelict buildings #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CorkCity #CorkCityCouncil #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #LocalDemocracyReporting #MainNews #MainNews #News #TopStories #TopStories
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/?p=41183 Veteran Tory becomes chair of the London Assembly for third time #GreaterLondonAssembly #GreaterLondonAuthority #LocalDemocracyReporting #London
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/483042/ Cork should have tiny statue of ‘mosquito that killed Oliver Cromwell,’ councillor says #CorkCityCouncil #Éire #Entertainment #IE #Ireland #LocalDemocracyReporting
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/476262/ Cork City Council hands over keys to 350th affordable home #Business #CorkCityCouncil #Éire #HousingAndAccommodation #IE #Ireland #LocalDemocracyReporting
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/448733/ Aviation Authority to probe Cork city delivery drone noise concerns #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #LatestNews #LatestNews #LocalDemocracyReporting #MainNews #MainNews #News #TopStories #TopStories #World #WorldNews #WorldNews
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/424585/ New €13m station for Cork City Fire Brigade #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CorkCityCouncil #CorkCityFireBrigade #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #LocalDemocracyReporting #MainNews #MainNews #News #TopStories #TopStories
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/827910/ London Plan needs to address passive and active cooling of homes to combat urban heat island effect #Britain #ClimateEmergency #England #GreatBritain #Health #LocalDemocracyReporting #london #LondonAssembly #Planning #UK #UnitedKingdom #UrbanHeatIsland
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/827216/ Low vaccination rate increased risk of measles outbreak, London Assembly told #Britain #England #GreatBritain #Health #LocalDemocracyReporting #london #LondonAssembly #measles #UK #UnitedKingdom
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A disabled elderly tenant was left in a flat needing repairs “for years” by Westminster City Council. The local authority has agreed to pay more than £21,000 in compensation as a result of their “significant failures”.
It said it was “deeply sorry” for the distress it had caused the tenant and felt the large payout reflected the gravity of its failures. Councillors voted unanimously on Wednesday 5 June to approve the payment.
A council spokesperson said: “Providing safe and secure housing for our residents is a key priority for the council and we accept that we have not met our own high standards.
“We are working with the resident and their family to resolve as quickly as possible and have offered alternative housing. The council has taken on board the lessons from this case as part of our wider work to and will work to ensure residents are given the best possible service in the future.
“We are making changes as part of our Housing Improvement Strategy, which includes routine reviews and a more joined-up approach to address complex cases.”
The council will now ask residents to share their health and support needs when they report repairs in order to respond to individual needs and is reviewing its complaints process. It has also rolled out customer service and safeguarding training across its housing services.
The Local Democracy Reporting Service also understands the head of housing has offered to meet residents to discuss their concerns. It has also made two offers of suitable housing and will continue to support the residents.
An internal review found there had been significant failures on the council’s part to deal with requests for repairs by the tenant. As a result, it will hand back £16,000 in rent paid since May 2020 and pay out £5,000 for distress and delays, which is blamed on staff moving on and a failure to log requests, according to a council report for the General Purposes Committee.
Westminster City was made aware of repair issues at the flat in May 2020 when the tenant, who is a wheelchair user and has multiple illnesses, asked for adaptations to be made before they returned from hospital. The council installed a level access shower and new central heating.
In July 2022, the council was contacted by the tenant’s local MP who complained about many years of disrepair at the property and how it was affecting the elderly and ill tenants. The complaint was dismissed by the council which said it had not received a request for repairs in 12 months.
The local authority also said officers had made attempts to visit the flat but were unsuccessful because the tenants, who have not been identified, needed their daughter there to help them. The complaint was escalated in September 2022 but it took the council six months to log it and another six weeks to respond.
It then took the council a further seven months to deal with the resident’s refusal of a compensation offer and a further four-week delay in addressing their request for a review. A review of the case was only triggered after the resident wrote in requesting £110,000 in compensation for the distress the delays had caused.
The review found the council did not address issues raised in the original complaint nor recognise the vulnerability of the tenant. It also found the council’s response contained ‘inaccuracies’ about ad-hoc visits being arranged and a failure of repairmen to log issues and pass them on.
The report said: “This review has found significant service failures in both dealing with the repairs and responding to the complaint, as well as missed opportunities to discuss a move to more suitable housing with the tenant.”
The tenant has since been moved into care while the joint tenant is receiving help finding permanent housing.
The council sought the permission of the General Purposes Committee to pay the tenant £21,407 in compensation. According to the council, compensation payments over £2,000 need to come before the General Purposes committee to meet its own financial regulations.
Westminster City Council: General Purposes – Wednesday 5 June 2024.
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Barnet, Enfield, Camden, Haringey, and Islington health overview scrutiny committee. Image: Haringey Council.
A lack of suitable accommodation and follow-ups for discharged mental health patients has raised concern among councillors across the North Central London NHS area.
North Central London joint health overview and scrutiny committee chair Pippa Connor acknowledged there was a huge amount of “incredible positive and excellent” updates from Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I), but due to the nature of scrutiny meetings had to focus on concerns.
During the meeting on Thursday 30 May she asked about any improvement in the provision of support for people with severe mental health issues after being discharged.
Cllr Connor referenced a previous target that the NHS leads had made long-term, to use a joined-up approach with local authorities, particularly around housing, to support patient discharges.
Chief medical officer for BEH and C&I Vincent Kirchner said the short answer was “no”.
He said: “We are in communication with our local authority colleagues, but no there’s been no real movement in a significant way.
“What I would say is the problem is escalating, we have more and more people on our wards who are clinically ready for a discharge, waiting for a discharge and don’t have somewhere to go to.
“As a system we do need to work on it, I’m not sure we would be able to divert NHS funding to housing, that would be a difficult conversation.”
Andrew Wright, chief of staff at BEH, said there was a significant amount of “energy of effort” from borough’s divisional management team, working closely with local authority colleagues, but the fundamental problem was there just wasn’t the “suitable accommodation available” and everybody was “competing for it”.
Committee member Cllr Larraine Revah asked about follow-ups for recently discharged patients, especially council tenants. She said her borough, Camden, had a “high level” of mental health issues and she found it “extremely difficult” to help people “quickly enough”.
She said it wasn’t always easy knowing who to contact due to “protocol” and asked whether the bosses worked with safer housing departments to ensure follow-ups happened and complaints from neighbours reduced.
Kirchner said creating neighbourhood teams that worked in an integrated way, with primary care, local authority, voluntary sector, and NHS professionals was the “vehicle” they wanted to create.
He acknowledged there was still a “way to go” and this reliance on community teams over GPs or crisis lines was “very much” still in development.
Some positive news the BEH leads announced was the confirmation of the name of the new partnership between BEH and C&I, The North London Mental Health Partnership, which Amanda Pithouse, chief nursing officer at BEH and C&I, confirmed was “on course” to be begin on 1 October.
She also confirmed the 78-bed mental health inpatient facility in Islington, Highgate East, opened in April.
A new mental health crisis assessment service, a 24/7 emergency service to “avoid people going to accident and emergency and presenting there” had also recently opened at Highgate West.
Along with this, a new state-of-the-art integrated community centre had opened at 1 Lowther Road in Islington.
#health #housing #localDemocracyReporting #LondonBoroughOfBarnet #LondonBoroughOfCamden #LondonBoroughOfHaringey #LondonBoroughOfIslington #mentalHealth #NorthCentralLondonNHS
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Sadiq Khan says Diane Abbott has “been a mentor to many of us, but also she’s stood up on issues that aren’t very popular”. Photo: Greater London Authority.Diane Abbott could still be Labour’s general election candidate in Hackney North, Sadiq Khan has suggested while praising her record as an MP and claiming that questions about her being barred from standing in the election are “hypothetical”.
It came as Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said “no decision has been taken” to ban her from standing, leaving open the possibility that she could still be their candidate on 4 July.
Asked about the matter on Wednesday, Khan said he could not be sure what to believe from the media’s reporting of the issue — and he had not spoken to Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) to get a definitive version of events.
Abbott had told the Evening Standard on Wednesday morning that reports of her being banned from re-standing were “true”.
In a statement to broadcasters — reported in the Guardian — she was even more categorical, saying: “Although the whip has been restored, I am banned for standing as a Labour candidate.”
Starmer told the BBC later on Wednesday that this was “not true”, saying: “The process that we were going through ended with the restoration of the whip the other day, so she’s a member of the PLP [Parliamentary Labour Party] and no decision has been taken barring her”.
Khan also suggested the matter may not yet have been settled, though he did not claim to have any special insight into the case.
“All I know about Diane’s case is what I’ve seen in the media,” he said. “In the media, it says that Diane’s been restored the whip, but also it says in the media that the NEC hasn’t decided yet what happens in relation to Diane.”
Labour withdrew the whip in April 2023 from the veteran MP after she wrote in the Observer newspaper that Jewish, Irish and Traveller people experienced prejudice, but not racism all their lives. She apologised and withdrew the remarks shortly afterwards.
BBC Newsnight reported that Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) had written to Abbott in December 2023 to say it had concluded an inquiry into her comments and given her a formal warning over them.
According to Newsnight, the MP was required to complete an “antisemitism awareness course”, which she did in February. It was then revealed that the whip was restored to her on Tuesday.
Asked whether it would be fair for her now to be banned from standing, given that she is said to have done what was asked of her by Labour, the mayor said: “We’re talking about hypotheticals. I’m not going to comment on hypotheticals.”
Asked about Abbott’s claim to journalists that she has been barred, Khan said: “I’ve not spoken to the NEC about the position. But the NEC, and the media, are saying no position has been taken.
“So you can cherrypick quotes from the media, but you’re reinforcing my point about [how] all I know is what I’ve seen in the media.”
He also told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “What I know, as someone who’s known Diane well since 2005, is she’s a trailblazer. I remember as a 16-year-old boy seeing her elected in 1987, with Bernie Grant, Paul Boateng and Keith Vaz. It made a huge impact on me.
“I must be one of millions of people on whom she made a huge impact — in a positive sense of the word.”
He added: “She’s been a mentor to many of us, but also she’s stood up on issues that aren’t very popular – the issues around racial justice, social justice, highlighting some of the discrimination when it comes to stop and search, when it comes to the exclusion of black boys from school, when it comes to the NHS.
“So I think she’s somebody who’s done a huge amount for Hackney, for London, for our country, and so I think it’s really important that she’s given the respect she deserves.”
Abbott told supporters outside Hackney Town Hall on Wednesday evening that the national party was insisting that she be banned from running from parliament again.
The MP said she intends to stay in the seat she has held for 37 years for “as long as possible”, reported the Hackney Citizen.
#DianeAbbott #generalElection2024 #KeirStarmer #LabourParty #localDemocracyReporting #politics #SadiqKhan
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Westminster Council rejects plan for adult gaming centre on Oxford Street https://fitzrovianews.com/2023/02/13/westminster-council-rejects-plan-for-adult-gaming-centre-on-oxford-street/ #Fitzrovia #FitzroviaWest #London #WestminsterCouncil #LocalDemocracyReporting
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Plans for Oxford Street are in the design stage and will be revealed in the coming months https://fitzrovianews.com/2023/01/19/plans-for-oxford-street-are-in-the-design-stage-and-will-be-revealed-in-the-coming-months/ #Fitzrovia #OxfordStreet #London #LocalDemocracyReporting
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Camden Council approves alcohol licence for large new restaurant in former studio and showroom, which fronts onto Euston Road, Conway Street and Warren Street, immediately below a block of flats https://fitzrovianews.com/2023/01/17/camden-approves-alcohol-licence-for-large-new-restaurant-in-former-studio-and-showroom/ #Fitzrovia #London #LocalDemocracyReporting #news