Politics

• News / Housing

  Plans to use empty buildings to tackle Bristol’s housing crisis watered down

  Over 5,000 existing homes in the city lay empty and unused

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• News / Politics

  Move to committee system takes step forward

  A "significant" new constitution for Bristol City Council has been approved by all councillors

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• News / Politics

  Labour announce candidate for Kingswood by-election

  It follows the resignation of Tory Chris Skidmore over oil and gas licences

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• News / Dan Norris

  Dan Norris to seek selection as Labour parliamentary candidate

  The metro mayor would work both jobs if elected as an MP

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• News / Politics

  Kingswood Tory MP resigns over oil and gas bill

  “The climate crisis that we face is too important to politicise or to ignore”

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• News / Housing

  Call for empty buildings to be turned into homes to tackle housing crisis

  “Maximising the supply of affordable housing is in everyone’s best interests”

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• News / Politics

  Thousands demand council calls for ceasefire in Israel-Gaza war

  "These actions constitute war crimes and we must not stand by and let it happen"

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• News / Politics

  Keir Starmer delivers major new year speech in South Glos

  The Labour leader was heckled by pro-Palestine protesters outside the building in Emersons Green

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