CONSERVATIVES CRITICAL OF BRISTOL BLACK BIN BOMBSHELL! Wednesday, 13 November, 2024 Conservative Councillor Henry Michallat has attacked revelations that Bristol City Council is shortly going to ask residents about possible controversial changes to their household waste and recycling collections. A leaked consultation document which is scheduled to go-live next Monday (18th November) apparently posits options to reduce the current fortnightly refuse rounds down to three or even a... Local News
Tory Accuses Council of 'Snubbing' Servicewsmen by Scrapping Armed Forces Day! 21st January 2016 Bristol City Council has scrapped its plans to mark Armed Forces Day this coming Saturday, 25th June and the news has prompted a senior City Councillor to slam... Local News
Tories Table Their Support Over Banding Regrade for Battered Women! 20th January 2016 Conservative Leader Councillor Mark Weston is lending his group’s support for a change to the criteria used in determining eligibility to social housing for... Local News
Conservatives aghast at sheer scale of speed zone failures! 19th January 2016 Conservative Councillor Charles Lucas has declared incredulity over the results of the latest ‘unofficial’ survey into the operation of Bristol’s 20 mph speed... Local News
Conservatives seek commitment over future of the swing bridge! 13th January 2016 Conservative Councillor Graham Morris has tabled a motion for next week’s meeting of the Full Council which calls on the Mayor to give an assurance that ‘baring... Local News
Conservatives to move Transport Motion to get Bristol Moving Again 12th January 2016 Conservative Councillor Charles Lucas is set to argue for a radical transport experiment aimed at easing congestion and speed up traffic travel times in the... Local News
Planned 'Barking-Mad' Redcliff Hill Bus-Lane Will Add To Gridlock! 11th January 2016 A leading Conservative Councillor has slammed Metrobus plans to create a north-bound bus-lane up Redcliff Hill as “barking-mad” and sure to add to city gridlock... Local News
Tory motion on rail set to get debated. 11th December 2015 The campaign for increased rail investment in South Bristol has received a boost with a Conservative motion originally tabled for debate by city councillors... Local News
Lengthy delay on sing-bridge strengthening probed by Tory 8th December 2015 A former Tory Leader on Bristol City Council is calling on Mayor George Ferguson to confirm a ‘shocking’ delay of at least three-months on the Prince Street... Local News
Tories set to tackle planning class anomaly! 7th December 2015 Conservative Councillor Chris Windows is to raise the issue of permitted planning or so-called class use designation over a controversial new development taking... Local News
What Eat Out to Help Out actually means for you 8th July 2020 At a time when businesses need support, the new Eat Out to Help Out scheme is a targeted investment in our hospitality sector, providing discounts of up to 50%... National News
Our Plan for Jobs: Our £30bn investment in Britain 8th July 2020 Today the Chancellor announced our Plan for Jobs, worth up to £30 billion, to kickstart the economy and help create, support, and protect jobs across the United... National News
Our record-breaking package of support for UK arts and culture sector 6th July 2020 Today we have announced a world-leading £1.57 billion package of emergency grants and loans to protect Britain’s world-class cultural, arts and heritage... National News
Boris Johnson unveils a New Deal for Britain 30th June 2020 The Prime Minister this morning set out our ‘New Deal’, an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild Britain across the UK, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure... National News
Meet our new MPs: Dr Kieran Mullan, Crewe and Nantwich 25th June 2020 Meet Dr Kieran Mullan, the new MP for Crewe and Nantwich. National News
The Prime Minister’s Update on One-Metre Plus and the fight against COVID-19 24th June 2020 The Prime Minister has set out further changes to lockdown measures in England to enable people to see more of their friends and family, help businesses get... National News