Politics

• News / Politics

  Townsend defends council’s social media monitoring

  The senior Green councillor defends what has previously been called "spying" by Bristol City Council

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• Your say / Politics

  ‘I will continue to support a system which allows for more democracy’

  Bristol's Green group leader Emma Edwards says we should continue with the committee system

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• Your say / Politics

  ‘Labour scrapping the committee system is an insult to Bristol’

  "Keir Starmer clearly does not think local people can make choices for themselves" says Heather Mack

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• Your say / Politics

  ‘The Green-led committee system in Bristol has been nothing short of shambolic’

  Labour's Tom Renhard says the government "is right to step in" to scrap the committee system

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• News / Politics

  Bristol’s committee system likely to be abolished under government plans

  Bristol City Council is likely to transition to to the leader and cabinet model

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• News / Politics

  Denyer says ‘cruel cuts will devastate disabled people’s lives’

  A consultation on proposed changes to the health and disability benefits system closes on June 30

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• News / Politics

  Ani Townsend runs for Green Party deputy leader

  Townsend is a theatrical milliner who was first elected as a Bristol councillor in 2015

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• News / floating harbour

  Report claims Floating Harbour gates ‘have surpassed their expected lifespan’

  However a councillor has assured the Floating Harbour will not empty of water even if the gates fail

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