Friday 25 Oct 2025
Borough of Camden, London, England, UK. Not endorsed or funded by Camden Council.
About this blog
NOTE: I believe this account has been illegally hacked. Little clues have been left for me. They like playing games.
Sunday, 26 October 2025
24 Oct 2025
Saturday, 20 September 2025
Working for Camden Council
work in progress
https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/working-at-camden
I have used FOR in the title instead of AT as to me they denote different things
"To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.
Camden is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment."
Tuesday, 12 August 2025
Anti-Fraud and Corruption Investigations
WORK IN PROGRESS
Anti-Fraud and Investigation Team (Camden Council) here
"The team's main objective is the prevention and detection of fraud, corruption, bribery and irregularities committed either with intent or through bad practice. The team is also responsible for the administration and monitoring of the use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) and the Council’s policies on money laundering and the Bribery Act. "
- the page mentions the Regulator for England and Wales: the Audit Commission which disbanded in 2015, website here and replaced by here
The Audit Commission Act 1998 here [original version] - repealed here by the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 here and which came into force here
https://www.housing-ombudsman.org.uk/2024/11/28/special-investigation-into-camden-council/
In the above investigation report by the Housing Ombudsman into some area's of service provision by camden council housing repairs department - key issues include:
- unlinked repair histories
- neglected follow ups on inspections
- stalled repairs lacking inspections
- poor record keeping
- repeated unsuccessful repair attempts
and poor communication with residents.
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around 2002 - haiten patel housing benefit fraud. i can't find or have access to any write up about the case but there are references to it.
2007. https://www.thecnj.com/camden/061407/news061407_10.html "We are disappointed that the full scale of the fraud could not be recognised by the courts and tougher sentences given.
others
https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Camden,_London,_arrested_in_benefit_fraud_inquiry
https://www.thecnj.com/camden/011807/news011807_02.html jail for £600k town hall fraud
information request reply here tenancy fraud - camden council aug 2024
update 7 nov 2025
other cases
Guildford Borough Council here Missed red flags led to council overspend running into millions of pounds, independent investigators find =jan 2025
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87173ekyz2o An investigation is under way at Guildford Borough Council following “an issue” with the housing maintenance department. sept 2023
camden council
audit and corporate governance committee - wednes 24 june 2020
item 8 Internal Audit Annual Report 2019-20
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 Internal Audit 2019-20 Plan Update , item 8.
PDF 236 KB - Appendix 2 Internal Audit Key Performance Indicators , item 8.
PDF 135 KB - Appendix 3 Internal Audit High Priority Findings , item 8.
PDF 108 KB - 1) Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance
- 2) Commercial Property Management
- 3) Camden Accessible Transport Solutions
- Appendix 4 Internal Audit Follow Up Update , item 8.
PDF 244 K
update 26 nov 2025
Audit and Corporate Governance committee - 27 Nov 2025 HERE
item 6. Minutes [from 2 July 2025 meeting] HERE
- item 8. 2024-25 ANNUAL COUNTER FRAUD REPORT
- Part 2 " Questions were asked and answered regarding the Metropolitan Police’s responsiveness to requests from the Anti-Fraud and Investigations Team and the difficulty sometimes experienced in obtaining further information from whistleblowers."
12. ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE'S EFFECTIVENESS
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
Another Ombudsman finds Landlord at fault
the below copied from local government lawyer HERE
Council to implement action plan addressing backlog of “several hundreds” of medical priority reviews after Ombudsman finds fault in housing priority case
6 May 2025
Camden Council has agreed to produce an action plan to address a large backlog of medical priority assessments and reviews, following an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.
During the course of the Ombudsman’s investigation, the local authority confirmed it still had several hundred reviews which were overdue.
In its report, the Ombudsman had noted similar backlogs in decisions it made in early 2024 “and the council has provided no evidence of significant progress in that time”.
The LGSCO’s investigation was prompted by a complaint by a resident (Miss X) about delays in how Camden assessed her priority for social housing.
The Ombudsman concluded that there was fault in how long the London borough took to assess Miss X’s medical priority and review its decision and in how it then communicated.
In addition to production of the action plan to address overdue reviews, the council has agreed to apologise and pay Miss X a financial remedy of £450 in recognition of the distress caused.
Miss X had complained about how the council decided on her priority for social housing in 2023 and 2024.
The complaint was made up of five grievances, with the resident claiming that Camden:
- took too long to decide her request for medical priority;
- failed to send her a written decision about this;
- had not given her points she was entitled to for the length of time she had been on the waiting list;
- had still not completed the second stage review she asked for in May 2024; and
- communicated poorly with her throughout that time.
As a result, Miss X argued that she did not have the right priority, could not properly prepare her request for a stage two review, could not bid on properties for around six months and was caused significant avoidable frustration and uncertainty.
Miss X had applied to the council’s housing register several years ago and was awarded points for living in overcrowded conditions.
In late 2022, she submitted a medical information form requesting medical priority, which the council received. However, it refused her application.
Miss X asked for a review in mid-March, and in May 2023, the council asked her to complete an updated medical questionnaire, which she returned in June.
Although Camden sought further medical advice in October 2023, it did not inform Miss X of its decision until February 2024, despite her chasing them multiple times, the Ombudsman said.
After the council still failed to provide reasons for its decision, Miss X complained and repeated her request for the reasons so she could prepare her stage 2 review request.
The council upheld her complaint but once again failed to provide its reasoning.
Miss X complained to the Ombudsman in June 2024 due to the ongoing failure to receive a proper explanation.
The council finally sent its written reasons in September 2024, although the letter was dated July.
The Ombudsman found fault with all three rounds of delays, as well as finding that total delays of around 16 months caused Miss X “significant and prolonged distress, frustration and worry.”
Additionally, the Ombudsman described Camden’s communication with Miss X during her request for medical assessment and the review process as “very poor”.
With the resident having chased the council several times during the period, with each failing to achieve a response, the Ombudsman found that the lack of communication was also fault.
Camden had delayed responding to Miss X’s complaints, failed to explain those delays, and repeatedly neglected to provide the written reasons she requested, the Ombudsman said.
Poor communication and failure to address her main concerns had caused avoidable frustration, and the Ombudsman believed that the £110 compensation offered to Miss X was inadequate.
However, the Ombudsman found that while Miss X was prevented from bidding on properties during the delay, the fact that she did not have the correct medical priority made it unlikely that she would have been successful if she had been able to.
Therefore, no fault was attributed to Miss X not being able to bid on properties.
In addition to apologising to Miss X, paying her £450 in recognition of her distress and implementing an action plan, Camden will also distribute the findings on the complaints handling to staff responsible for responding to housing complaints, reminding them of their duties.
A Camden Council spokesperson said: “We are committed to supporting all our residents in housing need, and we are working hard to help more of the 8,000 families on our housing waiting list to move into suitable homes sooner.
“Key to this is us providing a timely and accessible housing allocation process to all of our residents. In this case, we fell short of that, and we would like to reiterate our sincere apology to the resident affected.
“Since the Ombudsman’s review, we have reduced the number of medical priority housing applications awaiting assessment by two-thirds. We have also introduced improved processes for assessing medical priority and increased the number of staff supporting residents through the medical review process.
“This is part of our commitment to keep improving our housing services to ensure that every resident receives the support they deserve.”
Harry Rodd
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Noise Nuisance
Thursday, 20 March 2025
Anthony Hardy
The Independent Review into the Care and Treatment of Mr Anthony Hardy - September 2005 [killed 3 women in his flat in LB of Camden]
Whether a whole life term was required for a man with mental disorder who admitted 3 murders
Thursday, 6 March 2025
Disability Oversight Panel meetings
work in progress
Camden Council Disability Oversight Panel meetings
Tu 26 Sept 2017 - 6:30pm HERE CANCELLED.Th 12 Oct 2017 - " HERE
Mo 4 Dec 2017 - " HERE
Thursday, 20 February 2025
Regulatory Standards for Social Landlords
repairing obligations - landlord and tenant here
work in progress
The Social Housing [Regulation] Act 2023 [SHRA2023] here puts in place legislation for Regulators about how social housing landlords must operate their complaints handling schemes - in order to improve service standards they provide to their tenants.
it is "An Act to make provision about the regulation of social housing; about the terms of approved schemes for the investigation of housing complaints; about the powers and duties of a housing ombudsman appointed under an approved scheme; about hazards affecting social housing; and for connected purposes."
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/regulatory-standards-for-landlords
Standards for Landlords
"Our regulatory standards set the outcomes that social landlords in England must deliver for tenants" 2 April 2024
Consumer standards The outcomes of the consumer standards apply to all landlords registered with us, including local authorities.
Neighbourhood and Community Here
Safety and Quality Here
Tenancy Here
Tenancy, Influence and Accountability [including Tenant Satisfaction Measures] Here
Consumer standards Code of Practice Here
Social Housing Regulator Consumer Standards update Here
Economic standards
Governance and Financial Viability Standard and Code of Practice Here
Rent Standard and Guidance Here
Value for Money Standard and Code of Practice Here
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Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 [Here ] part 2 Regulation of Social Housing Here







