Matty Edwards

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Reports

‘They needed to know how wrong this was’: one woman’s battle against council bailiffs

Bristol City Council claims to have an ‘ethical’ debt collection policy, but has sent bailiffs to thousands of vulnerable residents’ doors. After pressure from ACORN, the council has finally committed to investigate.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Reports

Squalid conditions continue at Queen’s Court despite council action

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Reports

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As Bristol battles to build affordable housing, developers are still gaming the system

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards
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Area in Focus

‘South Bristol loses again’: new race to save athletics track

The former Whitchurch Athletics Track risks being bulldozed to make way for a planned housing development. Can local campaigners save it?

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Explainer

Explained: What do council funding reforms mean for Bristol?

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Matty Edwards
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Features

Project helping new dads cope with parenthood faces uncertain future

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Callouts

Callout: How is the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood impacting you?

The Cable wants to track the experiences of local residents during the trial scheme in late 2024 and early 2025 - so have your say!

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Matty Edwards

Reports

Traffic jams around East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood fuel anger, as council calls for patience

A campaign to halt the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood has sprung up before the trial scheme is fully in place. Can the attempt to reduce traffic through St George, Redfield and Barton Hill survive this bump in the road?

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

The Debrief

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Listen: The Debrief – five years on, did Bristol City Council really boot out the bailiffs?

Matty Edwards chats to Alex Turner about whether the council has stuck to a commitment to work more ethically with people who owe it money, and explains why is it so important to stick with these kinds of stories.

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Alex Turner, Matty Edwards and George Colwey

Podcasts

Listen: The Debrief – inside the campaign to end suspicionless stop and search

Cable reporter Sean Morrison takes us behind the scenes on his reporting on knife violence, and the No To Section 60 campaign against suspicionless stop and search operations.

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Sean Morrison, Matty Edwards and George Colwey

Reports

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Council still hounding people with bailiffs after ‘ethical’ approach promise

The Cable has uncovered evidence Bristol City Council is referring thousands of council tax debts to enforcement agencies despite a stated policy to do so only as a last resort.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Features

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Leaseholders are calling for feudal system to be abolished, but what will Labour actually change?

Change is on the horizon for leaseholders in Bristol now that Labour is in power. But it can't come soon enough.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards
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