A group setting up how Bristol City Council will run after 2024 has pledged to be more transparent with monthly public meetings. Twelve councillors have been meeting regularly since May, when Bristol voted to switch from a mayor-run council to a committee model instead.
From the new year, the committee model working group will meet every month in public, revealing the debates which will shape how the council is run after the next local elections in May 2024. The pledge comes after criticism of the group meeting so far in private.
Labour Councillor Helen Holland, cabinet member for adult social care, chairs the working group responsible for setting up the new committee-run system. She gave details of the group’s latest work during a full council meeting.
