Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has highlighted Bristol City Council as a “prime example” of how councils are delivering for their residents.

This is according to the latest blog post by Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees.

The post entitled “national praise for our local council” outlines the difficulties local authorities are facing as a result of ongoing government austerity.

In his post Mr Rees said: “Westminster’s cuts to councils have seen Labour areas on average lose more than £500 per household.

“Meanwhile, Conservative areas have seen their per household spending fall by £115 – less than a third of the cuts faced by Labour councils.”

He says that despite this Tory austerity Labour councils were continuing to deliver for their communities.

Bristol mayor Marvin Rees. Photo by Bristol Live.

And according to Mr Rees the work being done here in Bristol has received national attention as well.

He said that during an event earlier this month Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had “held up Bristol City Council as a prime example of how Labour councils are delivering for their residents”.

Mr Ress highlighted the Children’s Charter and the Ethical Care Charter which had been developed by his administration.

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He added: “Labour are proud to be delivering for Bristol, and hope that the spotlight focusing on Bristol helps share best practice across the country.”

Mr Corbyn’s praise comes as Labour group leader, Margaret Hickman, has written to the Prime Minister calling for “fair funding for Bristol and an end to austerity”.

Writing to the PM was one of the actions promised as part of a successful Labour motion which passed during a full council meeting last month aimed at tackling poverty and inequality in Bristol.

The motion listed a number of ways all councillors could help bring an end to austerity and create fairer city for all.

But it was lambasted by councillors from all three opposition parties who characterised it as “pointless” and argued it contained little of substance other than praising the administration.

Also in December last year Mr Rees joined with 75 other council leaders in writing to demand an end to government cuts, warning that budgets are “perilously close to collapse”.

The mayor put his name to a letter to communities secretary James Brokenshire in an attempt to put pressure on him to row back on council cuts ahead of local government budget setting for this year.