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City Council members should turn down pay hike

That alderpersons would reject a pay raise is probably hoping against hope. But turning down some or all of the hike would be the right thing to do.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ald. Leslie Hairston to retire from the City Council after 24 years representing 5th Ward

Her retirement is part of a mass exodus that promises to change the face of the Chicago City Council. Hairston is the ninth Chicago alderperson to either resign or announce a decision not to seek reelection. Several others, including indicted Ald. Edward Burke (14th) and Zoning Chair Tom Tunney…

Chicago Sun-Times

The political rise and fall of Wayne Brown

The man who would be Mayor of Auckland has already had a stint as a mayor in the Far North - voted out comprehensively after council ructions and an Auditor-General's report

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Mum forced to keep children inside after glass and debris left in garden

The mum slammed her local council after she found the garden of her new home full of glass and rubble

Liverpool Echo

Plans to develop site near famous landmark will be heard by Falkirk councillors

A special hearing will have arguments for and against the development close to the Dunmore Pineapple

Daily Record

Edinburgh Council to wipe school meal debt owed by low income families

Councillors agreed to use £1.2m left over from last year's budget for cost of living support.

Edinburgh Live

Objections to plans to transform former Crawcrook church into a restaurant

Council officers have recommended Robert Young Memorial Methodist Church is not changed into a restaurant

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Plans for free school over new primary in Old Swan criticised by MP

Liverpool Council could allow a free school to be built on a former fruit and veg market

Liverpool Echo

The Sinister Story Of How Hundreds Of Ibis Colonised ‘Bin Chicken Island’ In Suburban Melbourne

Coburg locals laugh about Bin Chicken Island but very few know how the birds got there or why they stayed. Turns out, it's a sinister story.

Pedestrian.tv

Glider north-south plans could see two-way traffic return from Royal Avenue right up to City Hall

Belfast City Council is "not supportive of the introduction of a two-way system"

Belfast Live

Council sets out its plan for net zero by 2030

Bosses this week revealed that transport, together with commercial and residential buildings account for 92 per cent of carbon emissions in the area.

Daily Record

Almost 100 Edinburgh short term lets submit planning application ahead of rule change

Edinburgh City Council have received nearly 100 planning applications from holiday lets in the capital as new legislation changes mean each will need planning permission to operate

Edinburgh Live

'House of the Dragon' just made one of 'Game of Thrones' best storylines even better

In its opening scene, HBO's 'House of the Dragon' takes viewers back to an iconic 'Game of Thrones' location and adds further weight to one memorable Tywin Lannister scene.

Inverse

Snowdonia café to shut over bank holiday as council introduces 'frustrating' parking clamp down

Over the last few years parking in various beauty spots of the national park during weekends and peak seasons has caused chaos, which at times has led to congestion or blocked roads

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For the first time, India votes against Russia in UNSC during procedural vote on Ukraine

New Delhi has repeatedly called upon the Russian and Ukrainian sides to return to the path of diplomacy and dialogue, and also expressed its support for all diplomatic efforts to end the conflict between the two countries.

Newcastle Herald

Council endorses 2023 Supercars dates

The 2023 race is the final event under Newcastle's existing five-year deal to host.

Chicago Sun-Times

Vallas pokes holes in Lightfoot’s claims of fiscal stability

“What has changed in four years? Nothing. She’s basically handing off what she inherited from Rahm Emanuel,” mayoral challenger Paul Vallas said.

Evening Standard

Newham: Bin collection workers set to strike in east London over pay

Week-long strike by 130 refuse workers could take place from Saturday

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Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago alderpersons face preelection dilemma: Whether to accept a 9.62% pay raise

City Council members have until Sept. 2 to decide whether to accept the raise, which will boost pay to $142,772 for the 30 alderpersons who have accepted all annual pay raises.

Belfast Live

Belfast City Council recycling unwanted spectacles to help developing countries

You can leave your old pairs of glasses at recycling centres across the city

Daily Record

Falkirk Growth Deal agreement will switch on 'a pipeline of projects' that will transform the area

Councillors are given reassurances that they will not just be asked to "rubber-stamp" decisions about the Growth Deal

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian warning over new housing after rare victory against developers

A Scottish Government planning Reporter backed the council's refusal to build in open countryside near a nature reserve in Armadale, but underlying fault lines in legislation won't stop more attempts to build on open country

ABC News

Anzac pool demolition pushes ahead despite pending heritage listing application, cost blowout

Bundaberg Regional Council says rising costs are responsible for a cost blowout on the town's new aquatic centre, and vows to press ahead with demolition as soon as possible, leaving some residents shocked and angry.

Liverpool Echo

Wirral Council report says services may be cut to tackle cost of living

Council leader Janette Williamson requested the Council develop a cost of living strategy but issues remain over how to fund it

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool 'not clean enough' despite massive £8.5m cash injection

Liverpool Council's own survey produced the findings

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