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...“You can’t rank it in same way as New York and London, but below that Chicago is one of the great global cities and has been there for quite a long time,” says Ivo Daalder, president of the Chicago Council...
...Housing associations and councils built 28,000 homes last year. Until 1972 councils were building more than 100,000 annually. “We need a UK plan for housing,” Mr Kilburn said....
...The Illinois legislature has passed a plan to overhaul two of the funds in the Chicago pension system, by far the most underfunded of any large US city....
...One St Peter’s Square is among many of the commercial properties that Manchester’s public pension funds have invested in. The council owns The Sharp Project’s building....
...At Emanuel’s request, WBC commissioned a 10-point plan from McKinsey and the Brookings Institution to revitalise Chicago’s economy....
...The budget gap in Chicago’s school district alone is $1bn, mainly because of pension liabilities, while the combined unfunded pension liabilities of the city and the school district runs to over $27bn....
...Chicago goes to polls A special election for Illinois’ 2nd congressional district takes place in the south suburbs of Chicago....
...North Norfolk district council repeatedly ruled against the plan. Last year, it admitted defeat....
...His backup plan is ready. If a visa isn’t in sight after a year or two, he plans to make the move to Australia. “The wheels are turning,” he says of America’s new progressive direction....
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