Sadiq Khan: Housing crisis is forcing London’s public sector workers to quit The mayor warned that the capital’s public sector workers ‘are faced with stagnant wages’ Evening Standard · Aug 23, 2023
Almost 300,000 pupils in London will get mayor’s free school meals City Hall says that thanks to the policy, families will save ‘upwards of £440 per child’ Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2023
Biden taps Rahm’s former City Hall corporation counsel to be top White House lawyer Ed Siskel — nephew of the late Chicago film critic Gene Siskel — is familiar with high-stakes congressional investigations and other politicized probes. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 22, 2023
Sadiq Khan accused of trying to ‘squash’ scientific ‘dissent’ over Ulez The Labour mayor’s deputy called on an academic funded by City Hall to rebut studies that questioned Ulez effectiveness. The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2023
Overpass project suspended after worker killed City Hall has ordered the suspension of work on an overpass at Bang Kapi intersection after a 10-metre-long sheet of metal crashed to the ground as it was being lifted by a crane, killing one worker and injuring two others. Bangkok Post · Aug 18, 2023
Poll: One in three London homeowners think they will struggle with mortgage costs in next six months Mayor Sadiq Khan said the polling further proved the need for Government intervention Evening Standard · Aug 18, 2023
Building new luxury homes makes even lower-income housing more affordable, City Hall finds It said that market-rate homes helped make cheaper housing more affordable by “creating chains of vacancies and moves that can reach across an entire housing market area” Evening Standard · Aug 17, 2023
Row after just three affordable homes started in London last quarter Criticism against the mayor was branded “utter nonsense” by a source close to Mr Khan, who said it had been impossible to start new affordable homes due to Government delays Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2023
Sadiq Khan should rethink ‘clobbering’ motorists with Ulez expansion, urges senior Labour MP Londoners should not be “clobbered” with new Ultra Low Emission Zone charges during a cost of living crisis, a Labour shadow minister said on Tuesday. Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2023
Exodus of major, full-service grocers offering healthy variety paints a bleak picture of food access for some in Chicago The number of Chicagoans living over a mile away from a supermarket or superstore — a major grocer — has jumped by 63% in the past decade, a WBEZ-Chicago Sun-Times analysis found. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 11, 2023
‘Stump up £2.2bn or London house building could grind to a halt’, Sadiq Khan tells Michael Gove Sadiq Khan issues stark warning that capital’s housing crisis will worsen without £2.2bn in Government funding as developers down tools Evening Standard · Aug 11, 2023
OPINION - It’s down to us to persuade leaders to save the planet Commentary: The public debate has yet to be won on the scale needed to save the planet Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2023
Bridgeport bank failure fallout: Ex-city official, second man plead guilty in collapse of Washington Federal Bank for Savings William M. Mahon was a high-ranking City Hall official under three former mayors and had close ties to the Daley family’s political organization. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 7, 2023
Motorists protest Ulez expansion outside Downing St The rally comes a day after Sadiq Khan pledged not to “water down” the extension on August 29 Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2023
Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 4, 2023 Chicago police union boss blasts mayor for calling teen looting a ‘trend’: ‘That means, do whatever the hell you want, apparently’ “Nobody is renaming anybody little mini-Al Capones. But they certainly, in many cases, had the same, terrorizing effect that Al Capone had 100 years ago,” John Catanzara said.
Evening Standard · Aug 4, 2023 Mayors from cities around the globe back Sadiq Khan as he vows no delay to Ulez Drivers of the most polluting cars will have to pay a daily £12.50 charge anywhere in Greater London from August 29
The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2023 Sadiq Khan expands Ulez scrappage scheme after Keir Starmer criticism Financial support will be extended to all Londoners as mayor digs into City Hall reserves
Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2023 Sadiq Khan opens Ulez scrappage scheme to all Londoners in £50m boost The Labour mayor has come under significant pressure from within his own party in recent weeks over the Ulez expansion
Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2023 OPINION - The Standard View: Rents crisis is pushing Londoners to the edge Average rents in London are projected to soar to £2,700 per month next year, according to figures gathered by City Hall. Meanwhile, to rent just a single room in a shared house, tenants are forking out £1,000 on average.
Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2023 Ulez revolt intensifies as home counties councils refuse to install signs A home counties rebellion against Sadiq Khan’s expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone has intensified just weeks before it is due to be rolled out to the London boundary.
Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2023 Capital’s home rental crisis as bills soar to £2,700 a month ‘Spiralling’ rental costs are driving families into poverty, a campaign group said.
Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 2, 2023 Slow down, Chicago Bears? Johnson won’t be rushed into deal to keep team in the city: ‘We’ll get there’ Mayor Johnson has not yet offered an alternative stadium site to the Bears if the team is determined to leave Soldier Field. He says he’s using this time for relationship building.
Evening Standard · Aug 1, 2023 OPINION - The Standard View: London’s visitor economy is booming – now time to ditch the tourist tax Londoners may occasionally take it for granted, but for millions of people, a visit to the capital represents the highlight of their year. And the city’s tourist economy is “roaring back” to life, according to the Mayor, as research collated by City Hall finds flight bookings and international arrivals have…
Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2023 OPINION - Rishi Sunak’s housebuilding claims are absolute hogwash Desperate times breed desperate measures, so it’s no surprise to see a floundering Rishi Sunak making spurious claims about housebuilding in London, while offering nothing for Londoners struggling with high housing costs.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 28, 2023 Banned by City Hall for lying on construction contracts, still getting government work “I didn’t believe we should be giving a contract to a firm with a history of fraud,” says the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s Cameron Davis, whose agency hired Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp.