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Being a Crip is a radicalising experience

With the government’s disability benefits cuts coming into force, communities in Bristol and around the country are resisting under the banner Crips Against Cuts

Teodor Hykel

City

Revealed: How the council flogged off public land in the face of austerity

Adam Cantwell-Corn

Opinion

a small person sits sdadly on the end of a ruler

Opinion: Our children’s future must not be built on sand

Matt Caldwell

Opinion

Opinion: Tourist tax should just be the start

Adding a couple of quid to a hotel stay to top up Bristol’s coffers sounds appealing – but we need more ambitious thinking to address austerity.

Matthew Hollinshead

Bristol and Beyond

The Bristol activist and portraits of invisible Britain, hope and resilience

Maria da Silva

Reports

Eviction stopped and bailiffs seen off as universal credit starts to bite

Alex Turner

Edition 17

This is what universal credit means for Bristol

Since June, the controversial new ‘universal credit’ benefit has been implemented across Bristol. How well is the system working?

Alex Turner

Addicted Bristol: Life and Death

Drugs rehab Chandos House to close down

Fundraising efforts backed by numerous celebrities have failed to keep the rehab centre open.

Matty Edwards

Reports

Felix Rd celebrates 75 years of adventure play

But playworkers warn that the future of play in Bristol is at risk, with adventure playgrounds struggling to stay open without council funding.

Hannah Vickers

Reports

Universal credit: trying to sort fact from fiction

Universal Credit, the government’s new benefits system, is being rolled out in Bristol. We speak to three people who have kept a close eye on...

Maria da Silva

City

Hartcliffe Children’s Centre: staff numbers halved, parents worried

Staff cuts have hit children’s centres across Bristol under the council’s new model. Hartcliffe, one of the most deprived parts of the city, is no different.

Matty Edwards

Visuals