Bristol Labour

• Your say / Social Work

  ‘Social work is not a career for the faint-hearted or for those with thin skins’

  Councillor Carole Johnson recognises the efforts of those choosing the profession

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• News / Transport

  Labour planning to block traffic ban on Park Street due to impact on hospitals

  Labour councillors say the plans will worsen pollution outside Bristol's hospitals

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• Your say / violence against women and girls

  ‘It’s on all of us to call out the behaviour that is too often overlooked’

  Three councillors speak out ahead of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

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• News / libraries

  Politicians continue to squabble over future of libraries

  A council meeting on Friday saw discussions drift back to library closures

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• News / Politics

  Parties clash over seat proportionalities across council committees

  There was "chaos" at a council meeting triggered by the recent defection of a councillor

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• News / Politics

  Two prominent Labour councillors replaced from committee leadership roles

  The shake-up comes as the Greens have taken effective overall control of City Hall

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• News / Politics

  Labour councillor reinstated after suspension for racist comment

  The politician has "unreservedly apologised for any hurt his actions may have caused"

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• Your say / libraries

  ‘Closing libraries will only lead to communities paying the price’

  Labour councillor Tom Rehnard on the urgent need to safeguard Bristol's libraries for the future

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