FOCUS ON: Budget Update
Brislington Greenway update: Local residents will be dismayed to see the recent news reports that the Callington Road Link is back on the agenda. Of course, the road plans never went away, despite denials just before the local elections and more recently in Full Council. The reality is, the Mayor was not telling the truth when he said there was no plan to build a road along the former Brislington Railway Line. Rest assured we will continue to vehemently oppose these plans as we have consistently done for the last five years. Scrap the Mayor! A quick reminder that we have secured a referendum on the future of the directly elected mayoral system in Bristol, keeping one of our key election promises. Both your Brislington West councillors spoke in support of the motion at Full Council, which went on to win by 41 votes to 24. Only Labour councillors voted against giving the people of Bristol a voice. 24
As a result, we will be having a legally binding referendum on the future of governance in Bristol on Thursday 5 May, 2022, a date for your diaries! More details here: https://www.bristollibdems.org/referendum-motion-passes If you would like to get involved in the campaign to #ScrapTheMayor, please sign up here: https://www.bristollibdems.org/getinvolved Budget update: Two weeks ago the elected councillors of Bristol debated and voted on a series of amendments to this year’s budget. The arguments and the decisions were made in public for all to see, openly and accountably. It was democracy in action. There were 9 amendments in total, of which 5 were passed and four fell by the wayside, including the Liberal Democrat amendment.
