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The entire England Women’s Football Team will be awarded the Freedom of the City of London, in recognition of its dramatic 2-1 win over Germany in the European Championship Final at Wembley.

Organisations making a difference in the City of London are being invited to bid for grants from a multi-million pound community fund. Since it launched two years ago, around £3.5 million has been distributed to charities, residents’ associations, businesses and other organisations through the Neighbourhood Fund, derived from a levy on new developments in the City.

The Pride flag is flying over the City of London Corporation’s headquarters to show the Square Mile governing body’s support for the LGBTQ+ community. It’s the sixth time the City Corporation has raised the Pride flag. An annual tradition I helped establish when I was first elected as Common Councillor.

There are plenty of Jubilee festivities happening right across the City of London this month. CityAM has published an overview. Plan your visit with their Royal City map (pictured) or visit their website – click here.

With half term and the Jubilee weekend around the corner we wanted to get in touch to update you on our work as your local representatives and to invite you to a Business Breakfast Talk on the 9^th of June organised by the Ward of Cheap Club and the Cheapside Business Alliance.

This City Corporation has set out new Destination City strategy: a £2.5m annual investment in an ambitious programme of work to boost the City’s leisure offer. Building on recent cross-London campaigns to create a leading destination for workers, residents and UK and international visitors to enjoy.  

Voters in the City of London have cast their votes to elect their representatives to the Square Mile’s governing body. A total of 100 Members were elected by resident and business voters yesterday to the City of London Corporation’s principal decision-making body, the Court of Common Council.

On Thursday 24 March elections will take place across the City of London. I am standing for re-election together with my fellow Ward of Cheap colleagues Alastair Moss and Nick Bensted-Smith. During the election period – which starts on Tuesday 22 February – you can find more information and updates about our campaign at http://www.wardofcheap.city This personal website stays live, but will not be used for our Ward of Cheap Team’s election campaign.

It was great to see the streets around Cheapside buzzing again this week. On Thursday we had an opportunity to come together as a ward. Over 20 City workers, livery companies, residents and members of the Ward Club joined us as local Alderman and Common Councillors for the Ward of Cheap. We discussed local issues, new ways of working and the priorities for the Square Mile as we re-emerge from the pandamic. One thing was clear everyone was glad to be off Zoom and meeting in person in the beautiful St Vedast Church!