Councillors have backed calls to halt a controversial transfer of strategic transport staff from Bristol City Council to the West of England. Upcoming staff cuts as part of next year’s budget could see many officers forced to move from the council to the combined authority.
The controversial plans would see staff from the strategic transport team transferred to the West of England combined authority, and the council’s city design team disbanded. Now a majority of councillors have backed calls on the mayor to pause the transfer plans.
A motion put forward by the Greens, at a full council meeting on January 10, called on the mayor to pause the plans, and let them be considered by the full council as part of the budget setting process. Forty councillors voted in favour, while 19 Labour councillors abstained.
