Local Government

With Bristol mayoral elections in November, candidates are beginning to declare and at first glance it looks like we’ll have plenty of choice.  There’s a lot of visioning and aspiration floating around between them, but not much on policy. Maybe when we see actual manifestos we’ll get some proper ideas to consider.  So far this is what we’ve got…

For the longest time, government played a key role in the provision of public goods – bridges, roads, public education, safety regulations, etc, which served worthy public purposes.