Susan Aitken announces she will step down as leader of Glasgow City Council, ending nine years in the role. Multiple outlets report the SNP councillor has decided to leave the position and does so publicly through an announcement. The coverage places her departure within the context of ongoing concerns about Glasgow’s city centre, which has struggled to fully recover in the years since the coronavirus pandemic and the wider shift toward homeworking. The articles describe Aitken’s tenure as spanning a period of rising criticism and public dissatisfaction with the condition and performance of the city centre. While the reports focus on the announcement and the surrounding local issues, they do not set out a detailed replacement plan or specific timing for leadership succession in the information provided. Overall, the sources agree that Aitken’s resignation follows a long period of leadership at Scotland’s largest local authority and reflects a changing political and civic environment for Glasgow.