Bristol City Council
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Councillors give themselves a pay rise
Bristol city councillors have awarded themselves a pay hike costing council tax payers an extra £180,000 a year while freezing the salaries of top officers....
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Deputy Mayor wants pilot for safe consumption room in new drug strategy
More consultation is needed and city needs to work out how to fund it, but Asher Craig says it could be one way to reduce drug deaths, as a mock safe consumption room was on display last week.
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Final Bristol tower block with Grenfell-like cladding to have it removed
Final Bristol tower bloc with Grenfell-like cladding to have it removed
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Experiment in democracy, as council to pilot citizens’ assemblies
Bristolians could be gathered to make decisions on issues such as the climate crisis.
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What’s the council ever done for us?
Everyone loves to have a good moan about the council. But they still provide vital public services. Here’s a few.
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Bristol Council votes to ban diesel cars from city centre
All privately owned diesel vehicles will be banned from the city centre between 7am and 3pm from March 2021.
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After delays, council releases plan to clean up toxic air
A thousand plus pages of documents have received mixed reactions and raised uncertainties as to whether it will be implementable
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‘I have never experienced such intense stress’: Social workers on the strain of cuts
Soaring workloads and the impact of austerity can make a tough job unbearable, say children’s social workers
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Government piles pressure on mayor over dirty air
A Clean Air Zone that includes charging private cars must be considered, said Therese Coffey MP.
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Fight For Fair Air Banner Home Page Reports
Lawyers are threatening action over council’s “seriously flawed” clean air plans
Environmental lawyers say timescales to tackle illegal pollution are unacceptable
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Extinction Rebellion may have dominated the headlines – but controversial debates are afoot in City Hall too
A round up of climate change news from Bristol you may have missed this week.
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Opinion Banner Home Page Edition 19
Opinion: Council tax is grossly unfair. It’s time for a rethink
After it has gone up again in the face of cuts, it’s time to look at alternatives to this unfair and out-of-date tax.