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Bristol City Council Elections May 2013
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Bristol City Council Elections May 2013
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Campaigning for Lower Taxes
The Liberal Democrats want fairer taxes, which is why we made raising the tax-free allowance our priority at the Election, By April, 171,800 ordinary working people in Bristol will get a further Income Tax cut, bringing the total tax cut to £600 a year.
Providing Primary School Places
We've secured £42 million in Government funding and allocated another £20 million of capital spending to the Council Budget to create new primary school places across Bristol. We've created 370 new school places for September 2012.
We’re successfully campaigning for Government funding for transport in Bristol. We've secured £197 million of investment to create a rapid transit network for Bristol.
Empowering Communities
We believe in giving local people control over the areas where they live. Through Neighbourhood Partnerships, we’ve given local communities and their Councillors direct influence on services and control over spending in their neighbourhoods.
Recycling
We've increased recycling rates in Bristol. We've introduced doorstep collection of plastics. We cancelled Labour plans for an incinerator, and created a high-tech residual waste treatment centre.
In Communities
Liberal Democrat Councillors represent 19 out of 35 wards in Bristol. Our Councillors are local champions who fight for their communities, work hard to resolve local issues, and help people with individual difficulties.
In the Council
The Liberal Democrats are the largest political group on Bristol City Council, and led the Council between 2009 until 2012 when Bristol elected its first mayor. We’re still working hard to transform the Council: making it more efficient, whilst improving services. As community champions we are helping deliver investment in transport, schools, and parks; driving up recycling rates and reducing carbon emissions.
In Parliament
Liberal Democrat Stephen Williams was first elected as MP for Bristol West in 2005. Stephen and his colleagues in Parliament are fighting for Lib Dem policies that benefit ordinary people in Bristol, and delivering on Lib Dem priorities: to make tax fairer; build a sustainable, balanced economy; and give every child a fair start in life.
MAYOR George Ferguson has agreed to a Liberal Democrat call to delay his decision on residents’ parking schemes to allow time for him to appear before a scrutiny meeting of city councillors. The Lib Dem group at Bristol City Council has today (Friday, May 24) welcomed the move. “This is about listening to the public [...]
BUSINESSES from undertakers to decorators should be given “blanket” all-area permits under Bristol Mayor George Ferguson’s plans for residents’ parking. Liberal Democrat councillors are calling for greater flexibility in the schemes so that businesses can prosper and their clients be properly served. “At the moment, it looks as though business in large areas of Bristol [...]
Bristol West MP, Stephen Williams has praised local residents’ work to save the Scabious Bee – the area’s ‘iconic’ bee. Bee-lovers have taken over 761 actions to save bees in Bristol West as part of Friends of the Earth’s Bee Cause campaign. Actions include planting bee friendly seeds, signing petitions and building ‘bee hotels’ to [...]
A councillor is warning the people of Bristol to be vigilant against a potential assault on civil liberties in the city. The council is about to begin a consultation on a raft of new by-laws to control behaviour in Bristol’s parks and green spaces. However, Cllr Mark Wright – whose ward Cabot covers the city [...]
LABOUR and Tories united to deny Bristol’s voters fairer elections in 2016 at tonight’s annual meeting of the city council (Tues, May 21). Liberal Democrat leader Tim Kent accused them of breaking promises made just two months ago, when the council called for a boundary review at the same time as opting to move to [...]
BRISTOL must invest in new housing if it’s to meet the need for new jobs and economic recovery, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Kent told tonight’s annual meeting of Bristol City Council (Tues, May 21). This would be a real test of city mayor George Ferguson’s administration “and us as councillors and as a city”, he [...]
When one observes the fortunes of the Liberal Democrats in Bristol, it is little wonder that so many people are pessimistic about their prospects for 2015. In Bristol city council elections, 2009, the Liberal Democrats made four gains from Labour which gave them overall control of the council. On 6th May 2010, two further gains [...]
MAYOR George Ferguson is today (Tuesday, May 21) being challenged to appear before a crucial meeting of city councillors to answer questions about his beleaguered “residents’ parking” scheme. The scheme – designed to stop commuters clogging Bristol’s streets – will see thousands of residents and businesses forced to pay to park, whether they agree with [...]
BUSINESSES face “devastating” charges of more than £3,000 a year under city council plans for a new parking scheme designed to stop commuters clogging up Bristol streets. Mayor George Ferguson is today (Monday, May 20) being warned by the council’s Liberal Democrat group to halt potentially disastrous residents’ parking plans. The shattering effect the council’s [...]
Stephen Williams MP is urging communities in Bristol to apply for the new £6 million First World War: then and now fund, which the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has launched. HLF is making at least £1 million available per year until 2019 to provide grants of between £3,000 and £10,000. The money will enable groups across [...]