The temperature had dropped, but it was warm on the #WestHampstead doorstep, tonight. Picked up some casework & heard that our private renters are looking forward to the protection #Labour’s Private Renters’ Bill will give them. We don’t just listen, we act. #VoteLabour🌹 in May.

Don’t forget the Never Too Late Award from the Bridport Prize which recognises entries from writers over 60 across all categories of prizes. Link below Please share :)

Promoted by Owen Wittekind on behalf of Robert Thompson, all at Camden Labour, PO Box 81009, London, NW1W 6HS.

Reminder to #WestHampstead folks to use the main entrance to #Thameslink station as the West End Lane entrance to is closed for resurfacing from today.

Managed to dodge the worst of the rain as we spoke to local residents about any issues they wanted to raise with us. Your @camdenlabour.bsky.social #WestHampstead Cllrs and candidates are here not just to listen to you, but to act on your behalf. #VoteLabour🌹 on May 7th.

Tonight, Labour MPs voted to scrap the two child limit – a move that puts us on course to drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament. The Tories and Reform UK voted against it. Don’t let anyone tell you voting Labour doesn’t make a difference 🌹

Great to see @camdenlabour.bsky.social’s £1m investment in cleaner streets in action first thing this morning. West End Lane was getting its regular jet wash. Your #Labour Cllrs investing in our local community to keep our streets and neighbourhoods clean. #LabourDelivers #CleanerCamden🌹

Here’s how Labour have been promoting sustainability in Camden 🌿👇

Starting the year with a win. Sounds trivial until you see someone on a mobility scooter or using a wheelchair trying to navigate it. #LabourCllrLife 🌹 @camdenlabour.bsky.social www.mylondon.news/news/north-l... 1/2

Today the government is introducing legislation to abolish the two-child limit. More than any other, this policy has driven children into poverty and cut them off from opportunity. Removing it is the right thing to do – supporting future generations and giving all children a fair start in life.

The @camdencouncil.bsky.social Health & Wellbeing Bus is coming to #WestHampstead Library. Free, walk-in, no appointment needed with blood pressure checks, BMI measurement & Know Your Risk Type2 diabetes assessment - plus lots of information about other health issues. 🗓️Fri 9 Jan | 12-4pm

🎄Camden's Christmas tree recycling points are open until 11 Jan. Our #WestHamsptead locations are: ♻️Fortune Green open space - at the bottom ♻️Kilburn Grange Park – by Hemstal Road entrance See the full map: camden.gov.uk/christmastree #Treecycle @camdencouncil.bsky.social

Come along to meet local author, Francis Quirke, who’ll be talking about his novel ‘A Foreign Plot’ - a funny, dramatic tale about one man’s dream to build his ideal home abroad. 🗓️Mon 8 Dec | 6pm |#WestHampstead Library | FREE

🎄Brilliant to catch up with everyone at the Community Association of #WestHampstead Christmas party last night. Such a great mix of centre users, class tutors, trustees and staff. Always amazes me just how much the Centre does. Take a look at their jam-packed programme: cawh.org.uk

Great to attend the opening of the new Liddell Place shared workspace with @richardolszewski.bsky.social. A fantastic initiative from Labour-led Camden’s Community Investment Programme with 14 affordable units. This will bring employment, economic benefit and growth to the #WestHampstead area.

Constructive & informative safety walkabout in Lithos Road with local residents, Cllrs & Camden Safety team. We have action points on ASB, drug & flytip issues affecting residents that I’m chasing. Thanks Cllr Callaghan Cabinet Member for Safer Communities for support @westbranchlabour.bsky.social

Great meeting with #WestHampstead & #FortuneGreen residents at tonight’s Neighbourhood Development Forum. Informative discussion about the pavement at 156 West End Lane that I’ve been trying to rectify since hoarding came off in Oct 2024, the O2 development & the step-free tube.

Is democracy in trouble? Can public libraries help? Patrick Malone, Project Mgr at GLL talks to Info Pro mag on why democracy is in the spotlight in Woolwich libraries and whether libraries are able to help when polarisation can be rampant in communities. https://ow.ly/ZOKj50XuNBI

We're seeking committee members for #CILIP's new Intellectual Freedom Committee. The Committee will work towards everyone's right to read, think, and speak freely, and lead discussions on issues of censorship and access to information. Join us: https://ow.ly/k3I250XwXKR#CILIP Apply now!

🎧Have you had a chance to listen to our new Info Pro Podcast? The first episode is on all things AI and its impact on the library sector. We'd love to hear your thoughts. Let us know what else you'd like us to cover. Out now on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4zMB... And Apple ⤵️ 1/2

Great to attend the launch of #CaribEats at the #O2Centre tonight. Thursdays & Fridays in #WestHampstead/ #FinchleyRoad will soon be a hub of community, connection & affordable, nutritious Caribbean meals in a warm, welcoming environment.. caribeats.org/about/ @camdencouncil.bsky.social #FoodMission

A moving Remembrance Day service at Hampstead war memorial with pupils from local schools, residents and churches. Privileged to lay flowers for the civilian memorial at Hampstead Cemetery with Deputy Mayor Cllr Tricia Leman We will remember them.

Proud to have worked alongside Cllr Lorna Greenwood to trial longer opening hours at Hampstead Cemetery, following local request at the Environment committee last night. As you can see it’s a very special place for local residents. 🌳🌹🪶@richardolszewski.bsky.social

Pleased we were able to announce a trial of longer opening hours for Hampstead Cemetery, following local request at the environment committee tonight. Thanks to local councillors incl @shazknit.bsky.social and Lorna Greenwood for working on this this year 🌳🌹 @richardolszewski.bsky.social

We're SO looking forward to the finale of #CelebrityTraitors. Whoever wins we have just one message. Stephen Fry is and always has been... 100% Faithful to Libraries!

A halloween books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Last week was non-stop! Mon-I led on Community Conversation. 4 wards came together to plan events for families, loneliness & cost of living. Fri-walkabout w new @camdencouncil.bsky.social CEO to show him around #WestHampstead Ward. Sat #SidingsCC inspiring open day. @camdenlabour.bsky.social 🌹

'Pivotal' moment for library sector. Key library bodies come together calling on Govt to work with them to publish a new Vision for Libraries. #CILIP's @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social calls for ambitious political leadership to unleash the sector’s potential.

Join Community Association for #WestHampstead’s open day TODAY and see the activities on offer: 🇫🇷French Conversation 🧵 West Hampstead in Stitches 🧘‍♂️ Mindfulness & Wellbeing 🖼️Art & Life Drawing 📸 Photography 🪚Beginners’ Woodwork …and more TODAY 2-5pm | Free cawh.org.uk cawh.org.uk

Come along to the Skills for Life - Open Day at the Community Association for #WestHampstead. Meet the tutors - and your neighbours. Pop in and find out what your local community centre has to offer. Sat 4 Oct. ⤵️ cawh.org.uk

Daily Telegraph running a nasty story attacking Camden’s support for refugees and asylum seekers, with truly vile comments from national and Camden Tories. Not repeating the story but here is my response:

Great to see Holmdale & Kingdon Roads looking so smart. Both laid in one day with minimal disruption to local residents. That’s what you get from #WestHampstead @camdenlabour.bsky.social Cllrs working hard on behalf of residents. Use your vote on 28 Aug: Vote Francesca Reynolds #VoteLabour🌹

From Ham & High: Lib Dems warned by Met over campaign leaflet that breached electoral guidelines. Incompetence or deliberate? 1/2 www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2540313...

❗️#WestHampstead folks! West End Lane is being resurfaced this weekend between Sandwell Crescent & the Fire Station 16-18 Aug. More welcome road improvements from @camdenlabour.bsky.social- run Camden Council. 🌹

Great to see Holmdale & Kingdon Roads looking so smart. Both laid in one day with minimal disruption to local residents. That’s what you get from #WestHampstead @camdenlabour.bsky.social Cllrs working hard on behalf of residents. Use your vote on 28 Aug: Vote Francesca Reynolds #VoteLabour🌹

A great night in #WestHampstead introducing our brilliant candidate, Francesca Reynolds to residents. She’s a young, private renter and understands the challenges that so many of our residents face. The by-election is on 28 Aug. - register to vote and #VoteLabour🗳️ 🌹

Abuse has no place in politics. It disproportionately deters women. And it's getting worse, as LWN sisters know too well. It is time for action: social media, police & political parties must do more to #diffuseabuse. Join LWN & our campaign www.lwn.org.uk/lwn_diffuse_...

🚨 Women are under-represented in Local Govt—and council leadership is lagging behind. This is the time for action. We need to correct the leadership gap and make local govt inclusive. Join LWN & our #Councils4ThisMillennium campaign🌹 www.lwn.org.uk/councils4thi...

Tuesday wisdom from Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social in her fascinating look at the great Library of Alexandria. “Knowledge is hard-won, but easily lost… Cherish your libraries. They are places that scare people who don’t want us to think for ourselves.” www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A fantastic reception from #WestHampstead residents today welcoming Francesca Reynolds as our Labour candidate for the by-election on 28 Aug. #VoteLabour🗳️ 🌹

Ethics - why I work at #CILIP: "Public libraries are obliged by law to serve all members of their communities and this concerning incident raises a fundamental question: who gets to decide what people can and can't read? The idea of politicians policing or banning books is profoundly troubling.” ⤵️

Our #CILIPConf25 keynote @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social welcomes National Year of Reading on @BBCr4today but points out that with libraries still closing 'it ain't so easy' to tell children to go to their local library to access books. Listen to full interview - 1:42:27 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Theo Parish’s #Homebody is a life-affirming graphic novel exploring identity & how society shapes our sense of self. Winner of #Carnegies2025 Shadowers' Choice Medal for Illustration, it shows despite our unique experiences a universal thread connects us. www.cilip.org.uk/news/703868/...

📚 It's #LibrariesChangeLives Week: sustaining economic growth. We're celebrating how libraries transform lives & strengthen communities. Show how your library contributes to local or national growth. Invite your local MP and cllrs over to see your work. www.cilip.org.uk/page/librari...

There was an incident in Dennington Park Road in the early hours of this morning. I have just spoken to the police officers who are currently conducting a forensic search of the area. The road is taped off but will reopen soon. No more detail at this stage.

Have you seen this? Free children’s podcasting session taking place at #WestHampstead library this Saturday 24 May, 11am - 12:15pm for children aged 8–12. A fun, confidence-building introduction to podcasting.

📢 Calling all MPs! Join today’s debate on the future of public libraries, 9:30 in Westminster Hall, led by Jonathan Davies MP. It’s time for a joined-up strategy that invests in libraries as platforms for opportunity, connection and growth. www.cilip.org.uk/news/700888/...

📺Jonathan Davies MP is leading a Westminster Hall debate on the future of public libraries this morning at 9.30am. Watch the debate live on: www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/... #LibrariesChangeLives

MPs to join debate on future of public libraries. Ask your MP to show their support for "a joined-up strategy" in public library services at this Westminster Hall debate tabled by @jonathandaviesmp.bsky.social 9:30 tomorrow, Weds 14 May. www.cilip.org.uk/news/700888/... @jonathandaviesmp.bsky.social

Dr. Carla Hayden has been dismissed as Librarian of the Library of Congress with immediate effect. Held in great respect by the profession, Dr Hayden was the 1st professional librarian to hold the post since '74, the 1st woman & the 1st African American to hold the post. apnews.com/article/dona...