Politics

• News / asylum seekers

  Call for Government to lift ban and grant asylum seekers the right to work

  Figures show the economy could gain £42.4m in additional tax revenues & savings if the ban is lifted

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• News / Politics

  ‘Brexit makes it essential that elected regional leaders take back control’

  Metro mayors from across the UK met in Bristol to call on the Government to strengthen devolution

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• News / Environment

  Pressure on Bristol City Council to ban toxic weed killer

  Campaigners say the writing’s on the wall for glyphosate, despite the council’s insistence it’s safe

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• News / Politics

  Global Parliament of Mayors annual summit begins in Bristol

  Dozens of mayors from across the world have descended on City Hall

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• Your say / Politics

  ‘The good, the bad and the ugly from Marvin Rees’ State of the City address 2018′

  Shankari Raj responds to the mayor's annual address

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• News / Politics

  14 things we learned from Marvin’s State of the City address 2018

  From flat bus fares to Bristol's new international ambassadors

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• News / Politics

  Accusations Bristol City Council paid ‘hush money’ to get rid of former chief executive

  Anna Klonowski was awarded £98,000 when she resigned after seven months in the role

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• Your say / Politics

  ‘Bristol’s independent mayoral role has been corrupted and politically hijacked’

  George Ferguson asks whether it is time to scrap the post of elected mayor

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