The Latest Breaking News from City Hall

Parents not reporting missing children due to low trust in police, report warns

Those who do report children missing ‘face frustrating delays and inaccurate information’, City Hall committee finds

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2023

Air in every London borough breaches WHO guidelines on toxic nitrogen dioxide

Every single one of almost 2,000 diffusion tubes placed across London detected levels of nitrogen dioxide which breach WHO guidelines

Evening Standard · Apr 26, 2023

Belfast Cornmarket digital advert's plan facing opposition at City Hall

Councillors will make decision on the planning application after the May elections

Belfast Live · Apr 25, 2023

Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan dies at 92

LOS ANGELES — Richard J. Riordan, the take-charge venture capitalist who as mayor shepherded Los Angeles’ rebound from the 1992 riots, expanded its Police Department and masterminded its recovery from the Northridge earthquake, has died at his Brentwood home.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 20, 2023

PPP fraud probe results in 6 Chicago Park District employees resigning, 5 facing discipline

Separately, City Hall Inspector General Deborah Witzburg’s investigation of COVID relief Paycheck Protection Program fraud “is a large-scale undertaking” that could lead to criminal charges.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 19, 2023

Sadiq Khan urged to boost ‘life-changing’ adult education opportunities

The London Assembly’s economy committee warned that adult education was “not reaching the number of Londoners that it could do”

Evening Standard · Apr 19, 2023

‘Scandal’ of £3.5 billion handed to London landlords for substandard homes each year

Some 178,784 homes in London are of a ‘non-decent’ standard - and renters can expect to pay on average £19,503 per year to live in one

Evening Standard · Apr 19, 2023

New West Belfast social housing estate approved despite "being in middle of industrial site"

Warning has been made regarding noise, air quality, smell and pests complaints as a result of adjacent commercial premises

Belfast Live · Apr 19, 2023

Year of the Incumbent? Only one sitting City Council member unseated this year — first time in a century

The solitary defeat of appointed Ald. Anabel Abarca (12th) marks the fewest defeated incumbents since Chicago instituted the 50-member City Council system in 1923. Seven sitting members were knocked out in each of the previous two election cycles.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 19, 2023

Private landlords in England get £1.6bn a year welfare for ‘non-decent’ homes

Sadiq Khan describes figures from City Hall analysis as a scandal, with London the worst affected region

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2023