Labour or the Greens could secure a majority in the council chamber with a victory here, as voters prepare to head to the polls on 2 February.
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The latest council cost cutting plans include a £1.5 million cut to the council’s £1.3 million parks budget.
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After two fires at tower blocks fitted with expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation, Bristol City Council is stripping the flammable material from all its high-rises. But experts say it should never have been allowed in the first place.
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Marvin Rees says the city still faces huge challenges, from the climate to inflation, but that significant action has been delivered over the past 12 months.
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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.
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Council will continue to offer households with children places at controversial Hengrove office block conversion, after review finds it suitable ‘for many’ families but concludes improvements are needed.
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Campaigners are criticising Bristol City Council for stalled progress since a damning inspection declared the city’s service ‘not fit for purpose’ in 2019.
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The mayor said Russian leader Vladimir Putin should be investigated for war crimes
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The voting on how to balance the council’s budget next week looks set to resurface tensions between Mayor Marvin Rees and opposition councillors ahead of May’s referendum on the city’s political system.
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Former councillor and vice chair of the Audit Committee Clive Stevens argues the lessons learned from the Bristol Energy saga is another example of how the mayoral system isn’t working for Bristol.
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