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Labour freeze on council tax would include Mayor Sadiq Khan’s share

Sadiq Khan would not be raising City Hall’s share of the council tax this year under a Labour pledge

Evening Standard

OPINION - Has the Superloop made buses fashionable again?

It’s the express bus network that sounds good enough to eat. Superloop, a brand devised by City Hall to quell the rebellion in the suburbs against Sadiq Khan, could be just the gimmick to deflect criticism of his Ulez expansion.

Evening Standard

Paris breathes easier as refuse workers’ strike called off and rubbish cleared

City is cleaner, though not yet entirely clean, after three-week strike ends but union threatens more action

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Chicago’s next mayor will face deep financial problems, massive deficits and a pension hole

CHICAGO — On the campaign trail, both mayoral candidates paint sweeping visions of a shinier, more prosperous Chicago under their watch.

Chicago Tribune

OPINION - Introducing: the ‘Superloop’ bus network for London’s suburbs

Branding alone will only get your transport network so far. Even pre-Elizabeth line, the Heathrow Express was a blatant attempt to confuse tourists and bait the Advertising Standards Authority, given its steep cost and the fact that passengers *still* only ended up at Paddington.

Evening Standard

When will the London bus Superloop start? Key questions answered

TfL chief admits orbital express route won’t initially be operated by zero emission buses

Evening Standard

Helen Gym wants to finish the fight she started 30 years ago. Would she be Philadelphia's activist-mayor?

PHILADELPHIA — Helen Gym was in the way.

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Sharp rise in sick days linked to poor mental health at London Fire Brigade

London Assembly member Anne Clarke said the pandemic and financial worries had left the fire service ‘exhausted’ and on the verge of a ‘mental health crisis’

Evening Standard

London to pay tribute to victims of slave trade with memorial, says mayor

Memorial to be built in London’s Docklands, close to warehouses built to house goods produced through slavery

The Guardian - UK

Belfast bin collections: Three quarters of missed pick-ups down to cars blocking streets

Anger at City Hall after Stormont department fails to turn up for special meeting on bin collections

Belfast Live

Sadiq Khan cleared of breaching City Hall code of conduct with Elizabeth line opening

Grant Shapps, who at the time was Transport Secretary, claimed the announcement was an “act of breathtaking political cynicism”

Evening Standard

Shaftesbury Square gaming arcade to expand despite council concerns

A councillor and civil servant have raised issues of amusement arcade "clustering"

Belfast Live

Garbage: In Paris streets, heaps of it become protest symbol

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The Independent UK

Promenade needs rethink

Earlier this month, the Central Administrative Court gave a ruling that spells the end to the Chao Phraya River Promenade -- a lavishing 14-billion baht riverside landscape brainchild of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

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Evening Standard

Mayor ‘must fix City Hall’s historically dysfunctional relationship with Met’

Exclusive: Met review will call for leadership shake-up and more scrutiny by Mayor

Los Angeles Times

LA strongly approves of Mayor Bass but is skeptical about fixing homelessness, poll shows

LOS ANGELES — On the eve of her 100th day in office, Mayor Karen Bass enjoys strong approval ratings among Angelenos — a reservoir of goodwill that will be crucial for the new mayor during uphill battles ahead.

Chicago Sun-Times

Allison Arwady, City Hall’s calming voice on COVID, hopes to stay on under next mayor

Chicago’s public health commissioner and coronavirus point person says she doesn’t get recognized as much as she used to. But that’s OK with her, especially given the “scary mail at my house” she’d get.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan launches scheme to train 500 basketball coaches across London

The £1.1 million scheme will support the training of around 500 coaches over three years

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Bangkok Post

Govt asked to pay City Hall's B50bn skytrain debt

Representatives of skytrain employees have asked the government to pay the 50 billion baht debt the company accumulated in running the Green Line extension owned by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).

Chicago Sun-Times

With Lightfoot a lame duck, City Council looks to declare independence

Three committee chairs are working behind the scenes to reorganize and empower the City Council before a new mayor and Council are seated.

Tribune News Service

Adams dodges on Cardi B flap in promotion of new probation commissioner

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams refused to explain on Friday why NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell wasn’t looped into the controversial decision to invite Cardi B to a police event — and instead praised the NYPD’s former Chief of Training Juanita Holmes for making the move.

Evening Standard

New Met Police helpline to put victims at ‘heart of everything we do’

One in three London crime victims was unsatisfied with the force’s level of service, a City Hall report said

Chicago Sun-Times

Susana Mendoza urges legislators to mandate full pension benefits for cops, firefighters who survive COVID-19

The Illinois comptroller choked up telling a House panel how her brother, a Chicago cop, was left disabled by COVID but denied full disability benefits.

Evening Standard

Several London boroughs ‘interested’ in zero emission zones

Deputy Mayor Shirley Rodrigues said there were no immediate plans for the zones, but that they formed part of the mayor’s longer term strategy for the capital

Evening Standard

Cost of living crisis: Nearly half of Londoners ‘struggling financially or just about managing’, survey finds

New poll for City Hall suggests many Londoners are in a worse situation than a year ago

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