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This Better Work

Righting a historic injustice: why special needs teachers at one Bristol school walked out

Engaging children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is a rewarding but challenging job. When teachers at a Bristol school found they had been underpaid for years, slow progress in negotiations led to a strike.

‘Being a man kills your feelings’: Moses McKenzie on masculinity, liberation and community

‘We need to face them on the streets’: how trade unions are responding to the far-right threat

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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.

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New radical plans tabled to remove cars from Bristol city centre

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Huge counter demo in Bristol sends clear message that far right not welcome – as it happened

No To Section 60: Letter to local MPs demanding suspicionless search legislation is scrapped

Here's a draft letter to be sent to your local MP demanding that they push for the repeal of Section 60 police stop and search powers

Council forced to place vulnerable children into illegal homes because system is ‘broken’, says leader

Cllr Tony Dyer say the root cause was a lack of accommodation for vulnerable youngsters and that this needed to be fixed.

Early failures by council in Bristol Beacon revamp cost millions, report finds

The cost of refurbishing the iconic Bristol music venue almost tripled from £48million to £132million.

‘Collective power is where it’s at’: City Academy workers celebrate strike action successes

Union members at the east Bristol secondary school have achieved most of a series of asks from the academy trust that manages it, after announcing rolling walkouts. Workers say the action has brought staff together.

Watchdog finds ‘serious failings’ after concluding council does not know what state its housing is in

Bristol City Council has been called out by a government regulator for not meeting new quality standards, with thousands of repairs and damp and mould cases long overdue for action and many safety check records missing.

‘The only language the university speaks is money’: pro-Palestine students now facing eviction

A possession order brought by Bristol University to evict the protest camp has been rejected - but only until further hearings on 19 July.