Lib Dems’“Budget for Confidence” Passed by City Council
Bristol City Council leader Barbara Janke hit back powerfully at Labour attacks on her administration’s budget tonight (Feb 28). The Lib Dem leader said Labour councils in the big northern cities were...
View ArticleLib Dems warn on unfair electoral boundaries
Bristol must clear up a gross unfairness in its voting system before it even thinks of switching to all-out elections. That’s the view of the Liberal Democrat group, which currently controls Bristol...
View ArticleCity Council Backs Lib Dem Aid To Lowest Paid
Councillors in Bristol tonight (March 27) backed the Lib Dem administration’s plans to boost earnings for the lowest-paid city council workers. It follows the failure of national pay negotiations to...
View ArticleNew Cabinet porfolios announced
SIMON Cook, the new leader of the Lib Dem group on Bristol City Council, today (Fri 11th) announced details of responsibilities allocated to his new cabinet. Six councillors were last night elected by...
View ArticleSimon Cook is last leader of Bristol City Council
SIMON Cook has tonight (May 15) been elected Leader of Bristol City Council – the last person to hold this position before an elected mayor takes over the running of the city in November. The new...
View ArticleCouncillors urge mayor to face new Q-and-A scrutiny sessions in public
LEADING councillors are urging Bristol Mayor George Ferguson to agree to increased scrutiny of his plans and actions in question-and-answer sessions held in public. The city council’s Overview and...
View ArticleLib Dems to join Council Cabinet
BRISTOL City Council Liberal Democrats leader Tim Kent today (Thurs, 24th) issued the following statement: “With the agreement of our council group and local party approval, the city’s Mayor, George...
View ArticleHenleaze News – Lib Dem support for Bristol’s first elected mayor
Lib Dem support for Bristol’s first elected mayor – But not every party wants to join in! Lib Dems on the City Council are working with the new Mayor, George Ferguson, as he establishes his new...
View ArticleTim Kent re-elected Lib Dems’ leader at Bristol City Council
Tim Kent has been elected leader of Bristol City Council’s Liberal Democrats for a further year following the group’s annual meeting at the Council House tonight (Tuesday, May 7). The Whitchurch Park...
View ArticleLib Dems welcome full council debate on Mayor’s Parking Scheme
LIBERAL Democrats today (Tues, May 28) welcomed news that a successful petition to halt Bristol Mayor George Ferguson’s highly controversial residents’ parking scheme has triggered a full council...
View ArticleBristol Mayor fails to show up after accepting invite to latest meeting on...
MAYOR George Ferguson today (Fri, June 21) failed to attend a meeting at Bristol’s City Hall to answer questions about his controversial residents’ parking schemes (RPS). The Mayor, already in hot...
View ArticlePull out of pension investments in tobacco, say Liberal Democrats
MILLIONS of pounds invested in tobacco companies to fund public sector workers’ pensions should be pulled out now, say Bristol Liberal Democrats. Today (Weds, July 17) the city council’s Lib Dem group...
View ArticleCouncillor Tim Kent’s recent letter to the Bristol Post over mayors...
Below is the text from a letter sent to the Bristol Post by Councillor Tim Kent, group leader of Bristol Liberal Democrats. Mayor needs to drop the excuses and start to act With regret I need to write...
View ArticleEx-council leader drives moves to see pension fund pull out of tobacco industry
FORMER Bristol City Council leader Barbara Janke last night (Tues, 10th) spearheaded moves to see the major local public-sector pension fund pull out of the tobacco industry. Liberal Democrat...
View ArticleCome and meet Bristol’s Women Leaders Event Thursday 3rd October
Following a cross-party working group (meeting since January) which sought to encourage more women to become Councillors, a number of outcomes and actions have been planned. One of which is the Bristol...
View ArticleLib Dem leader slams mayor’s secrecy over £90m cuts
In response to this afternoon’s statement by Bristol City Council about the budget challenge over the next three years, Liberal Democrat group leader Councillor Tim Kent said: “What the Mayor has...
View ArticleMayor can afford to keep toilets open, reverse £5m cuts and freeze council...
PUBLIC toilets in Bristol could stay open under Liberal Democrat proposals to reverse up to £5 million of cuts that Mayor George Ferguson is planning to make. Lib Dem councillors are calling on the...
View ArticleLib Dem leader on youtube to explain how mayor can rein back £90m cuts plan
LIBERAL Democrats tonight (Tues, Jan 7) publish a YouTube video showing why Bristol Mayor George Ferguson can afford to rein back his plans for £90 million spending cuts. The party is pressing the...
View ArticleLib Dems challenge mayor over £101m cuts total and fast-gowing council reserves
MAYOR George Ferguson faces serious questions at Thursday night’s Cabinet meeting over a rapid increase in city council reserves that some believe could be used as a war chest for election year 2016....
View ArticleLib Dem and Labour councillors ‘Call in’ mayor’s decision on Bedroom Tax...
TWO city councillors, one Liberal Democrat, one Labour, have called in Mayor George Ferguson’s decision to end a “no evictions” policy over the so-called bedroom tax. It means a special panel of...
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