• ALL Camden Council tenants received notification a few weeks ago about possible rent increases in April owing to the council having a £5million deficit due to the pandemic.

First, the pandemic has hit us all hard, people have lost their loved ones, lost their jobs, been furloughed, and are also struggling financially.

The letter asked all tenants for ideas and suggestions on how the council can save money.

These are my ideas/suggestions:

• The CNJ published a letter regarding Cllr Meric Apak and how in April he received a £10k pay increase; why has there not been a pay freeze as is the case with many organisations? This would save Camden Council a lot of money.

• Other articles in the CNJ (Talacre debt, Camden Council’s failure to collect a debt of possibly several million pounds owed as “overage payments” which, are in effect, a part-payment of profits made from the private sales of Prince’s Park in Talacre.

Why is Camden not actively chasing this huge debt and why is it taking so long to recover the debt as the land was sold to developers 17 years ago?

• Regeneration of Kentish Town West, Wendling and St Stephen’s Close; why is Camden Council using consultants who are paid at least £500 per day per person?

How many consultants are currently employed by Camden and at what cost?

Why are the council employees not being promoted on a fixed annual salary to lead on the regeneration project?

This would save a huge amount of money considering each regeneration project will take over 10 years to complete.

LISA CAWLEY,
Wendling, NW5