An unspent £900,000 from Bristol City Council’s budget last year will go towards reserves and the mayor’s office.
As the council spent less than it budgeted, questions have been raised about how that leftover money should be spent. Green councillors pressed for the money to go towards reopening public toilets, improving safety outside schools, and investing in parks, during a cabinet meeting on June 7.
Despite a majority of councillors agreeing these spending priorities in February, the £900,000 will instead go into the council’s reserves and towards the mayor’s office, to be spent on things like a war memorial and a poet, according to the mayor Marvin Rees.
