Bristol City Council

Reports

Experiment in democracy, as council to pilot citizens’ assemblies

Bristolians could be gathered to make decisions on issues such as the climate crisis.

Matty Edwards
Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter) and Matty Edwards

Edition 21

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.

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Reports

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.

Amanda Cameron (Local Democracy Reporter)

Features

Good money after bad? Bristol Energy’s spiralling losses

Market conditions have been killing off small private energy suppliers up and down the country. Bristol Energy is by no means immune and keeps on tapping council tax payers for more money in the wake of huge losses – so is it time the council-owned firm was wound up?

Old Sparky

Fight For Fair Air

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

Lorna Stephenson
Lorna Stephenson

City

‘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

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Fight For Fair Air

Government piles pressure on mayor over dirty air

A Clean Air Zone that includes charging private cars must be considered, said Therese Coffey MP.

Lorna Stephenson
Lorna Stephenson

Fight For Fair Air

Lawyers are threatening action over council’s “seriously flawed” clean air plans

Environmental lawyers say timescales to tackle illegal pollution are unacceptable

Lorna Stephenson
Lorna Stephenson

Reports

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.

Lorna Stephenson
Lorna Stephenson

Opinion

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After it has gone up again in the face of cuts, it’s time to look at alternatives to this unfair and out-of-date tax.

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Features

Bristol doctors on air pollution: ‘The council isn’t taking things seriously enough’

Medical professionals have a role to play as advocates for public health, but “system change” is necessary, says MedAct Bristol.

Alex Diggins

City

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

Libraries, fields, offices: All sold off to fund the cost of austerity

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn
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