Labour appears to make late announcement of new Residents Parking Zone Residents have every right to be suspicious of announcements two weeks before an election
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People who have been campaigning for a new Residents Parking Zone in their area of Bristol have finally been told plans will be brought forward, just 13 days before the local council election.
Marvin Rees won t stand for Bristol mayor in 2024 but pledges underground within a decade
But he says Bristol will have an underground railway in 8 or 10 years
17:05, 27 APR 2021
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Marvin Rees has confirmed he is standing to be re-elected mayor of Bristol for the last time.
Mr Rees says he will not be on the ballot paper in 2024 regardless of whether he wins a second term or loses at the polls on Thursday, May 6.
Bristol Mayoral Elections 2021: Does the city really need an elected mayor?
Two candidates are campaigning to scrap the position
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In 2012, Bristol voted to have a directly elected Mayor.
Independent George Ferguson was the first city mayor to be elected in 2012 and he was beaten by Labour s Marvin Rees in 2016.
Bristol housing crisis: group demands action on broken system ahead of eve of local elections
Bristol s political leaders are being called to fix the ‘broken system’
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Bristol Fair Renting Group has launched a manifesto to expose failings in the private rental sector.
The group says the city s rental system is unfair, unaffordable, unsafe and not easily accessible.
Bristol City Council elections 2021: The most hotly-contested wards in 2016
In many places the race for second is just as imprtant as for the overall winner
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In the 2016 local elections, some councillors were elected with comfortable majorities.
However, in a few wards across the city, the difference was very small - in one ward, the margin of victory was only one vote.