‘Fake news’ is in the headlines - and while Trump is the most obvious purveyor of what used to simply be called ‘lies’, the method is alive and well among Bristol’s Labour councillors and mayor.
The Labour controlled council is poised to unveil a budget that cuts another £101 million from essential services, reducing front line provision to a brittle-boned skeletal state.
Libraries will close, £1 million will be taken from the ‘local crisis and prevention fund’, subsidies will be slashed further for buses, all local ‘citizen service points’ for council services will be closed, charges will rise for dementia care, and all but the most essential road maintenance will be stopped.
Cuts
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