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The City of London Corporation has announced a new 2040 net zero target for its combined £3bn investment portfolios, outlining a concrete action plan in response to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s ‘code red’ climate warning.

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The number of people sleeping rough on the City of London’s streets has dropped by one-third over the last year. During an update on recent figures, Members of the City of London Corporation’s Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Sub Committee were told that 92 people had been found sleeping rough between April and June this year, compared to 140 people in the same period last year, amounting to a 34.3% decrease.

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It is great after the summer break to see the buzz returning in the Square Mile. The number of people travelling into the City significantly increased in September. This was definitely noticeable when going out for lunch around Cheapside. We also had a chance to meet again in person and to reconnect with residents and City workers at our Ward of Cheap summer reception.

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Everyone with a connection to the Square Mile, including residents, business owners, workers and visitors, can help shape policing in the City through an online survey.

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As the City works to rebuild from the pandemic, now is your chance to help shape its future. In March 2022, elections will be held across the Square Mile to decide who will represent City workers and residents for the next three years. You must be registered by 16 December 2021 in order to vote.

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At our recent summer reception the current team of Common Councillors for the Ward of Cheap Alastair Moss, Nick Bensted-Smith and Tijs Broeke confirmed our intention to stand again as a team for re-election in 2022.

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July the Court of Common Council approved a report initiating the Pedestrian Priority Streets Programme, a 3-year initiative to improve conditions for people walking in the City which is linked to both the City of London’s Transport Strategy and the Climate Action Strategy. Traffic and public realm measures were installed in Summer 2020 as part of the on-street measures for the City’s COVID-19 response. The City Corporation is now seeking views on the current temporary street measures.

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Live or work in the Square Mile? As the oldest continuous municipal democracy in the world, the City of London is also the only place in the UK where residents and workers get a vote. And now the City of London Corporation has a new website where you can register to vote in the upcoming 2022 elections.

Don’t miss out on exercising your democratic right and register today:
https://www.speakforthecity.com/voter-registration/

We hope you had a chance to get a good summer break. Walking around Cheapside this week it’s good to see lots more people out and about. Time to reconnect!

If you live or work in the Ward of Cheap we would like to invite to our annual summer party on Thursday 16 September from 17:00 – 18:30.

This year we hope to hold our reception in an outside garden, but if the English wheather decides otherwise we have an option to meet inside!

Please RSVP to Tijs Broeke and let us know if you want to bring a colleague. 

The City Corporation recognises the seriousness of the problem of air pollution in London. The capital’s poor air quality led to 1,000 hospital admissions a year for asthma and serious lung conditions between 2014 and 2016 and contributed to the deaths of more than 4,000 Londoners in 2019. The pandemic and resulting lockdowns saw a decline in road emissions, with a 40% drop in nitrogen dioxide in the City of London between 2019 and 2020.

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