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Sadiq Khan refuses to rule out breaking up Met Police if reforms fail

The mayor said the new London Policing Board would help hold the force to account

Evening Standard

Stephen Lawrence’s brother to sit on Sadiq Khan’s new policing board

Baroness Casey recommended the board’s creation in her review of the Met Police’s culture

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan public meeting ‘to be moved from central London’ amid Ulez security concerns

Police warning after People’s Question Time was targeted by protesters

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Mayor’s ally faces backlash from Labour activists over support for Ulez extension

An ally of Sadiq Khan is at risk of losing his £60,000-a-year City Hall job because of his support for the Ulez expansion.

Evening Standard

Criminologist warns politicians are too election-focused to tackle youth violence

A City Hall committee was told that governments are reluctant to devote long-term resources to fix the problem

Evening Standard

City Hall committee urges tighter regulation to stop e-bike fires

City Hall politicians have urged ministers to crack down on dangerous e-bikes products

Evening Standard

OPINION - 20mph London: Speed limit cut on over half of roads: The Leader podcast

More than half of all London roads now have 20mph limits. Do the stats back the low-speed zones? Air quality, MPG and community benefits explained. Our City Hall and Transport Editor Ross Lydall and Jeremy Leach from 20’s Plenty For Us discuss the rationale behind the 20mph zones, and whether…

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Sadiq Khan accuses Government of ‘dither and delay’ over fire safety rules

The mayor said the lack of clarity was causing the building of more than 34,000 homes to stall

Evening Standard

Thames Water boss: Warm sewage has ‘tremendous potential’ for green energy

The firm’s CEO said power could also be generated from solar panels in reservoirs

Evening Standard

Chicago facing 2024 budget shortfall of $538 million — more than a third of it tied to migrant crisis

Mayor Brandon Johnson didn’t take his predecessor’s word for it when Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she’d left the city in great financial shape, with an $85 million shortfall. And it’s a good thing the new mayor was skeptical, his top aides told some City Council members in a budget briefing.

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No plans for free school meals in London secondary schools, deputy mayor confirms

Sadiq Khan’s deputy said the Government should be funding meals for all children

Evening Standard

Former Ald. Helen Shiller’s granddaughter seeks OK to open weed shop in Westside Justice Center building

A City Hall zoning hearing is set Tuesday for the store, called Baked. The proposed shop would replace a restaurant in a building that houses the legal aid center in East Garfield Park.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cross-party calls for investigation into deputy mayor Shirley Rodrigues are refused

The calls for a probe into Ms Rodrigues’ conduct came from Tory and Lib Dem politicians

Evening Standard

Lib Dem London mayoral candidate Rob Blackie would make Ulez ‘better targeted’

Mr Blackie said the recently-expanded clean air zone is too ‘blunt’ and should be ‘fairer’

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Mayor activates emergency heatwave response to help rough sleepers

The protocol is usually only activated when temperatures plummet to freezing in the winter

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Sadiq Khan insists ‘Londoners are with me’ on Ulez expansion

Khan insisted that the move would not lose him the next mayoral election

Chicago Sun-Times

Most Chicago streets still aren’t safe enough for bicycles

With crashes involving cyclists on the rise and climate change leaving little choice but to find alternatives to fossil-burning cars, it’s time City Hall made upgrading cycling infrastructure a priority.

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Chicago’s theater scene takes another blow as cutbacks hit iconic Steppenwolf Theatre

Steppenwolf’s troubles make it clear that City Hall, business leaders and the philanthropic community must now work together to help preserve live theater.

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Chicago cycling advocates want more protected bike lanes, lower speed limits

The number of crashes involving bicycles is on the rise in Chicago.

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Ulez expansion: London’s green dream comes alive

War of words as another five million join capital’s clean air zone

Evening Standard

City Hall to consider MP’s call to grant Ulez exemption for hospice staff and patients

Jon Cruddas, the Labour MP for Dagenham and Rainham, made the request in a letter to Seb Dance, London’s deputy mayor of transport

Chicago Sun-Times

A year in, Chicago’s migrant crisis shows no sign of letting up

The state, we think, should be more aggressive in coordinating efforts to find suburbs, or even downstate communities, willing to take in asylum seekers.

Evening Standard

TfL unveils over 80 new zero-emission buses in Sutton, with health message

City Hall hopes the buses - along with the expanded Ulez - will improve Londoners’ health

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak ‘overruled from blocking Sadiq Khan’s Ulez expansion’

Legal advice said to have concluded Government block on Ulez expansion would fail if challenged

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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’

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