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Marvin Rees

Marvin Rees has been the Mayor of Bristol and the head of Bristol City Council since May 2016. He represents the Labour Party and is the founder and programme lead at The Bristol Leadership Programme, a two-week programme to help a dozen people annually from impoverished backgrounds reach their aspirations.

Marvin Rees gives 'State of City address' on first 18 months in office / Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees publishes list of 100 achievements

2024: The year when who runs Bristol completely changed
Politics
New politicians are in charge and there's a new system of governing
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Marvin Rees and Thangam Debbonaire offered peerages and could sit in House of Lords
Politics
The two Labour politicians were included in a list of nominations for peerages
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Killer's rap videos boasting of Max and Mason murders revealed
Crime
The two brothers made threatening tracks stirring up the 'postcode rivalry' but the jury never saw them
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Date set for high court battle over controversial special needs bailout in Bristol
Education
Lawyers will face off next month over claims the council should have consulted parents about the effects on their children
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Unanimous support for Tory motion over Marvin Rees deleted emails
Bristol City Council
But a Conservative Bristol city councillor said there had been a 'flagrant attempt' to bypass Freedom of Information laws
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How new £11m Youth Zone can bring South Bristol kids together
South Bristol
Bristol Sport are the latest big organisation to sign up for the 224 Youth Zone
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Row over ex-Bristol mayor's deleted emails prompts calls for big changes at council
Bristol City Council
Bristol city councillors will debate the issue as Conservatives demand greater transparency
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Bristol Airport expansion is 'downright dangerous' says council chief
Bristol Airport
The leader of the ruling group at City Hall is not backing the airport's expansion
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Colston Statue empty plinth plaque approved by councillors amid row over wording
Bristol City Council
A Tory Bristol city councillor said the decision to delete a reference to Edward Colston as a city benefactor was 'worthy of the Nazis'
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Temple Island needs more work to be ready for huge new development
Temple Island
It was once called 'Arena Island' but still nothing has been built there, and the council has to spend £32 million just getting it ready for the replacement for the arena
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Conservatives name ex-Bristol city councillor as West of England metro mayor candidate
Conservative Party
The former lord mayor is the first official nominee for the election next May
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Labour councillor accuses own party of age and sex discrimination over mayoral election race snub
Labour Party
The trade unionist is furious as selection panel refused to put his nomination to party faithful
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Bristol Airport announces new even bigger expansion plan
Bristol Airport
The airport recently won permission to increase the number of passengers from nine to 12 million
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Work on flagship development restarts but it will be another two years to finish
Labour Party
The Boatyard has been mothballed for two and a half years
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Marvin Rees backs Helen Godwin for Labour's metro mayor candidate
Local Elections
She served in the ex-Bristol mayor's city council cabinet and also has the support of both former deputy mayors
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Six candidates in race to be Labour's WECA mayor nominee
Local Elections
All the hopefuls are either serving or former councillors
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Labour council leader throws hat in the ring for Metro Mayor
Metro Mayor
"I’m standing for Mayor because every person in our region deserves the chance to thrive"
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Emails of former Bristol mayor Marvin Rees deleted
Bristol City Council
Some of the information is still held by the authority but the ex-mayor's account has been wiped
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High Court gives go-ahead for legal challenge into Bristol special needs bailout
Bristol City Council
The controversial bailout was agreed in secret earlier this year
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Anger at £147 compensation for elderly tenants in cladding debacle
Bristol City Council
Residents say the payments from Bristol City Council are a small fraction of what they spent on extra heating costs over two winters
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'Daughter of Bristol' is the new City Poet and shares her incredible story
Marvin Rees
You can meet Sukina Noor at a special event held in Waterstones
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Book telling stories of 18 Bristol community campaigns is launched
Politics
From Stoke Lodge to Broadwalk, Yew Tree Farm to Bristol Zoo, the scrapped arena to the special educational needs scandal, years of different battles against the establishment have been pulled together in one book - by the people at the centre of each one
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Row reignites over Bristol City Council's withdrawal from two major housing schemes
Bristol City Council
Tory Cllr Richard Eddy accuses Labour of 'hypocrisy and crocodile tears' over decision taken without a councillor vote
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Barton House residents claim victory in campaign to be rehoused
Bristol City Council
Many tenants, members of ACORN, were left traumatised by the evacuation in November 2023
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