Councillor Steve Adams

Audit and Corporate Governance Committee - Thursday, 20th February, 2025 7.00 pm

The Audit and Corporate Governance Committee's meeting on Thursday 20 February 2025 included a wide-ranging discussion of the Council's financial affairs including the adoption of its Statement of Accounts, its Pay Policy Statement and the Members' Allowances Scheme. It also reviewed the audited accounts of Camden Living and Camden Learning, two companies in which the Council has a financial stake. The Committee also considered the Annual Governance Statement and the External Auditor's Annual Report.

Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 11th February, 2025 6.30 pm

This meeting included reports on the provision of support to disabled residents, a new scheme to support vulnerable adults, a strategy to improve healthy weight amongst residents and the scrutiny committee's work programme for 2025-26.

Housing and Fire Safety Advisory Panel - Wednesday, 29th January, 2025 6.30 pm

Licensing Panel B - Thursday, 16th January, 2025 7.00 pm

This Licensing Panel B meeting was scheduled to consider three applications for new or varied licences. The most significant of the applications was for a new licence for Sainsbury’s supermarket in Camden Town. There was also an application to vary the licence of the Papa John’s takeaway on West End Lane. The final application was for a new licence for Mason & Fifth, a building providing serviced apartments in Primrose Hill.

Extraordinary meeting, Council - Monday, 20th January, 2025 6.00 pm

This meeting was called following a request by five councillors to discuss the Housing Ombudsman Service's recent report on Camden Council. The Ombudsman's report is highly critical of Camden's Housing Repairs service. It makes a series of recommendations on how the service can be improved.