The City of Edinburgh Council

Teaching support staff in Edinburgh won more than £250,000 in damages from the council last year after a surge in school violence. This figure only covers non-teaching support...

Councillors agreed to apply Visitor Levy funds to support three projects - The Causey Project, a bus to Lost Shore Resort and the Edinburgh...

Edinburgh council has agreed a way to move to the next stage of expanding the tramline north-south in the capital - and it came...

Planning applications lodged with the council's planning department up to this week are detailed in the list embedded below. As well as the council website...

A proposed radical redesign of Edinburgh’s famous Princes Street has been rejected by Edinburgh councillors in favour of a more pragmatic choice. Since a 2025 plan for Princes Street...

Tracy Gilbert, Labour MP for Edinburgh North and Leith has called upon councillors on the Transport and Environment Committee to think again before binning...

Many groups and organisations have framed their views in writing ahead of Thursday's debate on the proposed north-south tram extension. This is due to be...

A new grant funding programme set up by the council will draw on the expected funds from the Visitor Levy and will be directed...

As there are already six deputations wanting to have their say on Thursday at the Transport Committee at the City Chambers, the council has...

Councillors will discuss the plans to extend the tramline from the south of the city at Edinburgh Bioquarter all the way to Granton in...

For several years now people living on East London Street have had sleepless nights because of the traffic noise from the setted surface. ...

Residents and local businesses in Edinburgh are being given a new opportunity to directly fund projects that protect nature and prepare the city for...

Two by-elections are being held on Thursday to replace two councillors who became MSPs in the Scottish parliamentary election in May and who have...

There are two by-elections being held on 3 September to replace two councillors who became MSPs in the Scottish parliamentary election in May and...

Council officers recommend ditching the northern part of the proposed tram route while making the southern part of the route, from the city centre...

Two by-elections will be held in Edinburgh on 3 September - in Portobello/Craigmillar (Ward 17) and in Southside/Newington (Ward 15) wards. The electorate in...

An Edinburgh business leader has joined forces with her Glasgow counterpart to warn the Prime Minister that Scotland faces a £7bn annual shortfall without...

EDINBURGH'S transport convener admitted to a moment of "Trumpian weakness" after suggesting the fire-affected building be knocked down and its owners pay for the...

The Scottish Tourism Alliance (STA) has said that their member businesses are reporting difficulties in calculating the five per cent tourist levy. This is the...

Edinburgh Bus Users Group (EBUG) are keeping up the pressure on the council by making a deputation before the meeting of all councillors on...

A planned memorial for Sean Connery in Edinburgh could be delayed or even scrapped as the council says Dr No to new art installations. Last...

Green councillor and co-convener Alys Mumford has tabled a motion to close part of Edinburgh’s New Town to through traffic until Princes Street is reopened.  Ms Mumford...

Jim Wyke is the Scottish Labour candidate in Portobello/Craigmillar Ward at the by election on 3 September. He has lived in Edinburgh for 25 of...

At next Thursday’s full council meeting, councillors will consider signing off on a delayed launch of higher council tax rates for second homes and...

According to papers going before next week’s housing committee meeting, Edinburgh’s council housing freeze could be lifted in October.  In a report before councillors, officers...

Planning applications lodged with the council's planning department up to this week are detailed in the list embedded below. Applications which are of interest this...

Ruth Elliott is originally from rural West Cumbria, but moved to Edinburgh to study politics at university. She arrived in 2020 and admitted that...

Edinburgh Council has approved a temporary ban on public art projects in Princes Street Gardens in a drive to move new statues away from...

Transport Scotland has today announced that they will work with Network Rail to complete a high-level feasibility study on the proposal to reintroduce passenger services on...

Proposals to run tram-trains on a railway line crossing the south of Edinburgh have taken a step forward. A ‘high-level’ technical study expected to be...