Investigations

Uncovering injustice and wrongdoing

Jobs for guns: Bristol MP’s ties to defense contractors

Local MP Jack Lopresti has a friendly relationship with defence contractors. But are local interests being subordinated to those of multinational arms companies?

Alon Aviram

Investigations

Panama Papers: Bristol City F.C, Rugby Club and Flyers

Bristol City F.C, Rugby Club and Flyers are owned by billionaire Stephen Lansdown through a web of offshore companies, the Cable can reveal. Billionaire...

Alon Aviram

Bristol Port sell off

Exclusive: Fracking risks hidden by Mayor from Councillors and public

Potential for fracking at Avonmouth concealed to complete Port sale

Adam Cantwell-Corn, Alec Saelens and Alon Aviram

Edition 7

Interactive: The real reason thousands of Bristolians don’t vote?

Thousands of Bristolians aren't voting. Why?

Adam Cantwell-Corn

City

New challenges for a booming Bristol

Bristol's population is projected to have surpassed half a million by 2029, growing at a faster rate than the rest of England. With a changing population, both in size and nature, what implications might this have for democracy, participation, and cohesion in the city?

Francesa Haswell

City

The hidden story behind Bristol Port’s privatisation

The Long Read: What links Tory donors, a secretive society, mayoral power, a council rebellion, and millions of pounds? Nothing better than the sale of a public asset to kick up a fuss.

Adam Cantwell-Corn, Alec Saelens and Alon Aviram

Edition 6

The “efficiency savings” making the council inefficient.

As the council faces up to another 40% of cuts, or so-called ‘efficiency savings’’ in 2016, we take a look at the record so far with a particular focus.

Adam Cantwell-Corn and Lucas Batt

Bristol and Beyond

Tax havens and secretive offshore companies: making Bristol unaffordable

Companies registered in tax havens are gobbling residential and commercial property in our city

Alon Aviram

Investigations

Watch – Bristol Uni’s “Ethical investment policy”… £5.6m in fossil fuels?

Students, Councillors and the public call the UoB to divest from fossil fuel

Alec Saelens

Bristol and Beyond

The offshore companies buying Bristol – courtesy of our council

Bristol City Council have made an estimated £126m from leasing properties to secretive offshore registered companies based in the Isle of Man, Jersey, the British Virgin Islands and Guernsey.

Alon Aviram

Edition 5

Help! Help! To Southmead Hospital (via Guernsey)

Bristol is home to one of the largest Private Finance Initiative hospitals in the country. But what is PFI? How does it work? And how can we find out more?