The Latest Breaking News from City Hall

Sadiq Khan's business deputy quitting City Hall to focus on fight to be an MP

The mayor will now begin a "thorough recruitment process" to find a new holder of the £141k per year role

Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2023

MSG Sphere: Sadiq Khan blocked venue after being warned it could trigger fits in people with epilepsy

Exclusive: Independent report commissioned by City Hall warned lights would affect people with 'metal health issues, dementia, autism, and epilepsy'

Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2023

London road collision victims denied justice due to poor evidence-gathering, City Hall told

Almost 4,000 people were seriously injured in collisions on London's roads last year

Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2023

Stratford MSG Sphere: Sadiq Khan rejects plans to build version of Las Vegas venue in London

London mayor concerned about scale of light pollution and development's green credentials

Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2023

Sadiq Khan calls for Government funding to build 76,000 brownfield homes

The call for funding comes as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt prepares to give his Autumn Statement

Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2023

Concern over three-year delay to Sadiq Khan's Met Police stop and search study

The mayor promised in November 2020 that his office would complete a study into the Met's use of stop and search - but the project remains incomplete

Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2023

‘Stickler’ defense? Opening statements wrap in Burke trial, feds begin calling witnesses

Prosecutors kicked off their case with Elmhurst University political science professor Constance Mixon, who began to explain Chicago city government to the jury.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 17, 2023

Lexington renters and landlords have their say about source of income discrimination

Lexington City Hall has seen some rather lengthy public hearings in its time. Chalk one more up this week when the topic of housing was on the agenda. Specifically, the three-hour hearing focused on a proposed ban on “source of income discrimination.”

WEKU · Nov 17, 2023

In crooked Bridgeport bank case, investigators are looking into longtime city contractor

They’re looking at ties between a dumpster company, owned by James W. Bracken III, and a former city official who was on the bank’s board, the Sun-Times has learned.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 17, 2023

Ed Burke’s corruption trial to shift into high gear, jury seated, opening statements to begin soon

U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall, prosecutors and defense attorneys have chosen 12 jurors at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse who will hear evidence that was used in 2019 to level criminal charges against Burke in a push against old-school, Chicago-style corruption.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 16, 2023