Council in the spotlight amid mounting calls for inquiry into surveillance of SEND parents’ social media
'Explosive' questions likely at scrutiny meeting next week, opposition councillors warn, as inspectors prepare to reassess Bristol’s struggling special education needs and disabilities services.
Calls for urgent independent inquiry into Bristol council surveillance of SEND parents
Documents leaked last week revealed council staff had been collating and sharing social media posts and personal wedding photos of parents of children with special needs.
Victory for sex workers as council votes to keep strip clubs open in Bristol
Years of fraught campaigning draw to a close, with a move performers say will protect them from being forced into more dangerous work in less regulated workplaces.
Council scraps funding support for special needs charity amid surveillance row
The council is expected to face questions this week over the surveillance operation of parents with disabled children, but it denies that the removal of funding support for a charity involved in the row is related.
Sex workers and women’s groups respond to consultation showing strong support for strip clubs
The results of a public consultation show 86% of respondents don't want strip clubs banned, just three weeks before the council decides their fate – and that of their workers.
Bristol media urges mayor to reverse ban on local democracy reporters from briefings
The Cable has joined other outlets in the city in sending an open letter to Marvin Rees, after the mayor insisted that LDR reporters are not 'banned' but simply 'not invited'.
Council’s chosen firm for decarbonising the energy network sued in similar US deal
The company was sued for $2.2 million, but even though the case was thrown out due to a technicality, concerns are being raised about financial risks to the council.
