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Housing crisis fuels Holborn and St Pancras by-election October 8
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- Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali will contest the Holborn and St Pancras by-election on October 8.
- Camden’s private rent hit £2,819 in August 2026, twice the national average.
- The social-housing waiting list rose 9.5% to 8,380 households by March 2025.
- Conservative candidate Ewan Cameron will focus his campaign on housing, blaming Labour for unfinished repairs.
- Resident Andy, 64, says none of his six children can find a Camden home and may vote Reform.