Posted in Bristol City Council, Green Party, tagged Bristol, Bristol City Council, Green Party, Gus Hoyt, Tess Green on October 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The May local elections saw a raft of changes at the city council. The ruling Liberal Democrats lost their majority, Labour and the Conservatives appointed new – yet familiar – party leaders and for the first time The Green Party had more than one councillor. This week Sam Rkaina talks to all four party leaders about their ambitions for their group and the city. Today it’s the Green’s Tess Green.
Posted in Bendy bus, Bristol City Council, Park and Ride, tagged Brislington, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Park and Ride, Tim Kent on October 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
Calls are being made to boycott the new park-and-ride service in Brislington after ongoing complaints from frustrated passengers.
So far 330 people have signed a petition against the current performance on the 904, claiming it has been running late and is overcrowded.
The problems have developed since London-based transport operator CT Plus took over from First Bus last month.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Waste, tagged Bristol, Bristol City Council, Fly tipping, Mil Lusk, Northern Slopes Initiative on October 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
Residents are calling for something to be done about fly-tipping on an “urban oasis” in south Bristol.
The Northern Slopes includes a number of large areas of open space described as the south of the city’s answer to The Downs in Clifton.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Conservatives, tagged Bristol, Bristol City Council, Conservatives, Peter Abraham, Tories on October 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The May local elections saw a raft of changes at the city council. The ruling Liberal Democrats lost their majority, Labour and the Conservatives appointed new – yet familiar – party leaders and for the first time The Green Party had more than one councillor. This week Sam Rkaina talks to all four party leaders about their ambitions for their group and the city. Today it’s Conservative Peter Abraham.
Posted in Liam Fox, MPs, tagged Adam Werritty, Bristol, Liam Fox, North Somerset, Tories on October 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Matthew George and Heather Pickstock
North Somerset Conservatives have defended their embattled MP Liam Fox as the row surrounding him continues.
The first phase of an internal Government inquiry into his working relationship with his friend Adam Werritty failed to find a “smoking gun” that would have forced him to quit.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Labour, tagged Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Politics, Labour, Peter Hammond on October 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The May local elections saw a raft of changes at the city council. The ruling Liberal Democrats lost their majority, Labour and the Conservatives appointed new – yet familiar – party leaders and for the first time The Green Party had more than one councillor. This week Sam Rkaina talks to all four party leaders about their ambitions for their group and the city. Today it’s Labour’s Peter Hammond.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Education, Kerry McCarthy, tagged Bristol, Bristol City Council, Education, Michael Gove, Primary School Crisis on October 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Ian Onions, Political Editor
Bristol’S ongoing primary schools crisis is due to be debated in Parliament tomorrow, after Bristol East Labour MP Kerry McCarthy won permission for a special debate.
During the debate, Ms McCarthy will urge the Department for Education to treat Bristol as a “special case” by stepping in and providing emergency funding to ease the chronic shortage of places.
Posted in Bristol City Council, tagged Barbara Janke, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Cabot Circus, John Hirst on September 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Mike Ribbeck, Business Editor / m.ribbeck@bepp.co.uk
A campaign aimed at helping the ailing high street is being launched in Bristol by the city council.
As reported in the Evening Post around a fifth of shops in Bristol are currently standing empty as the recession continues to bite.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Planning, tagged Bristol, Bristol City Council, Planning, Stockwood, Whitchurch on September 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter / s.rkaina@bepp.co.uk
Bristol councillors have objected to plans to build up to 340 homes on green-belt land near Whitchurch.
The applications, from developer Robert Hitchens, are to build on 32 acres of land bordered by Staunton Lane and Stockwood Lane.
Posted in MPs, tagged Boundary Changes, Bristol, Jack Lopresti, MPs, Steve Webb on September 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Tom Moseley, Parlimanetary Correspondent
This is how Bristol’s new electoral map will look if plans to redraw constituency boundaries are given the go-ahead.
The Boundary Commission for England has announced proposals to redraw constituencies as part of a plan to reduce the number of MPs nationwide from 650 to 600.
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