Uncategorised - South Gloucestershire Labour Councillors

Council leaders ‘confused about their own decisions’

South Gloucestershire’s Conservative Cabinet members have given confusing information about past decisions, and when put on the spot seem uncertain about the number of individual decisions ahead, according to the district’s Labour Group. At the Council meeting held this week, Labour asked Cabinet members to quantify the number of ‘in…

Mangotsfield bus row exposes ‘breath-taking hypocrisy’

Labour’s leader on South Gloucestershire Council has slammed the Tories for ‘breath-taking hypocrisy’ for supporting a bus cut whilst benefitting from fully-subsidised services in their own area. At the Council meeting last night the Conservative councillor for Almondsbury attacked Labour in response to the party’s recent campaign for the revival…

Housing challenges outweigh achievements

A leading Labour councillor in South Gloucestershire is warning the Conservative council not to be too self-congratulatory over news that it has presided over the construction of 368 affordable houses over the past year. Councillor Martin Farmer, who leads for the Labour Group on housing issues, says: “Labour Group…