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Local democracy reporter covering Bath and North East Somerset Council and North Somerset Council. Got a story? Email stephen.sumner@reachplc.com
Nov 10, 2021 47 tweets 8 min read
The @bathnes cabinet meeting is now underway. On the agenda tonight are plans for the first general needs council houses in a generation
somersetlive.co.uk/news/first-cou… And members are set to consider whether to extend the Virgin Care contract by another three years
somersetlive.co.uk/news/virgin-ca…
Nov 9, 2021 43 tweets 7 min read
North Somerset Council's full council meeting for November is getting under way - one of its few meetings I or the public can actually access ATM. Councillors can dial in but aren't able to vote if they do. Scrutiny panel meetings keep being listed and then held "informally" behind closed doors, with no agendas shared with the public
Apr 19, 2021 10 tweets 3 min read
Eventful trip to the Raven in Bath for Labour leader Keir Starmer.
Warning - bad language from landlord Rod Humphreys Keir Starmer is told to leave the Raven. The team ducked inside after a confrontation
Jan 28, 2020 16 tweets 4 min read
I'm at the Guildhall this evening for a talk by Cllr Clyde Loakes from Waltham Forest for a sellout talk on the benefits of low traffic neighbourhoods, an idea B&NES Council is keen to investigate Image It was a manifesto pledge for the Lib Dem administration and Cllr Jo Wright said the majority gives them a clear mandate to tackle it #bathtraffic
Oct 10, 2019 27 tweets 22 min read
It's the moment you've been waiting for - @bathnes full council. Public speaking is over and now we're onto the main business, starting with a progress report on what the council's been doing to tackle the #ClimateEmergency
somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-… @bathnes Cllr Sarah Warren, cabinet member for climate emergency, says: "I therefore appeal to colleagues, to support [the motion], so that we can continue to move rapidly towards a carbon-neutral future, as a community united around the science and the urgency of the need for transition"