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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

Evening Standard

Opportunity was missed to ‘re-brand’ Prevent strategy, official says

Asked whether Prevent’s image could be improved through a ‘re-brand’, an official at City Hall said ‘that ship has sailed’

Evening Standard

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Unsafe dust levels in Bangkok

Much of Bangkok was covered with unsafe levels of PM2.5 dust, averaging 72.6 microgrammes per cubic metre (µg/m3), from 5am-7am on Tuesday, according to City Hall's daily air quality report.

Bangkok Post

In 4 years, Lori Lightfoot went from breakout political star to divisive leader of a city beset by pandemic, crime

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s failure to advance to a runoff election Tuesday represents an astonishing fall from power four years after she was ushered into City Hall with a promise of reform.

Chicago Tribune

Port plan pitched to parties

City Hall will pitch to those political parties canvassing for votes the idea of integrating Bangkok Port in Klong Toey with the Laem Chabang deep-sea port in Chon Buri to lessen problems in the capital, including floods and air pollution.

Bangkok Post

New Bristol train station to open this summer after months of delays

The station will take passengers every half an hour into Temple Meads

Bristol Post

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What voters said about how Bristol’s new committee-run council should work

Bristol voted in a referendum last year to scrap the mayor and replace the role with several committees

Bristol Post

BMA to inspect farms on prime plots

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is planning to investigate landowners who are growing fruit and vegetables on their undeveloped land in the capital to avoid paying taxes on vacant plots.

Bangkok Post

Concerns raised over use of police in London schools

Senior staff at City Hall said there was widespread support for police in schools - and that there was even a case to expand them into some primary schools

Evening Standard

‘We need to change, whether we like it or not’: London’s Ulez expansion

Clean air zone will cover whole capital from 29 August, pitting health against household finances

The Guardian - UK

There’s a lot at stake for Chicago. Vote

From City Hall to wards to police district councils, there’s precious little margin for error as we Chicagoans pick our city’s next top leaders.

Chicago Sun-Times

Plan for 70 new public toilets at Tube and bus stations is refused

The plan won support from Greens, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, but was voted down by the Labour group

Evening Standard

Los Angeles has already ceded too much power to the Olympic machine

The city will host the Games in 2028 and the costs – as they always do – are already mounting. The city’s mayor needs to grab back some control

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Little Village groups want answers from City Hall, Ald. Rodriguez after Hilco report

A previously secret watchdog report accuses city officials of being negligent and incompetent before the Crawford plant implosion coated the community in dust in 2020.

Evening Standard

Ulez expansion: Sadiq Khan asks Rishi Sunak for £110m to double scrappage scheme

The London mayor says a government windfall could be used to open the fund to Home Counties drivers

Bristol Post

‘Too expensive’ to remove asbestos from Bristol schools and council flats

City Hall chiefs say it can sometimes be better to manage asbestos in buildings instead

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan says City Hall has no financial plan for if it loses Ulez legal challenge

The Mayor also confirmed that the Ulez expansion timetable had not been impacted at all by the legal challenge

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Woman awarded $2.9 million in botched Chicago police raid endorses Johnson for mayor

Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson “is committed to making sure that the trauma that I endured ... never happens to another person,” said Anjanette Young, whose home was raided by Chicago police in 2019.

Chicago Sun-Times

Susana Mendoza: Mayor Lori Lightfoot betrayed Chicago cops disabled by COVID, including Mendoza’s brother

State comptroller says Lightfoot instructed her pension board appointees to deny “duty disability” salary and health benefits to police officers, including Mendoza’s brother, after they got career-ending coronavirus complications.

Daily Mirror

London free school meals plan will show 'irrefutable' case for change, says ex-food tsar

Henry Dimbleby, who authored the National Food Strategy for Boris Johnson, said the game-changing decision by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to offer free school meals to all primary pupils in the capital would prove the benefit of the scheme

The Independent UK

Free school meals in London: Who and how to apply

Families could save around £440 for every child, City Hall estimates

The Guardian - UK

London to offer free school meals to all primary pupils for a year

Exclusive: Sadiq Khan’s plan, spurred by ministers’ ‘failure to act’, will save families about £440 for every child

Evening Standard

Exclusive: Free school meals for all primary school pupils in London, says Mayor, in victory for our special investigation

Exclusive: Mayor to announce £130m package after the Evening Standard’s School Hunger Special Investigation

The Independent UK

Free school meals for every primary school pupil in London as Sadiq Khan unveils £130m scheme

Victory for Independent campaign as mayor of London pledges to help poorer families

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