The City of Edinburgh Council

An Edinburgh museum is facing months of closure as the city’s cash-strapped council looks to take “urgent action” to cut costs. The People’s Story Museum...

Dr Mairianna Clyde has been selected by the SNP group on Edinburgh Council to stand in the upcoming by election. The by-election has been...

Opponents to an Edinburgh low traffic scheme have raised £5,000 in just 24 hours as they prepare to mount a legal challenge against the...

The Edinburgh Green party have selected Daniel Milligan as their candidate in the upcoming Colinton - Fairmilehead by-election. He hopes to join the 10...

This article is the third part in our mini series about Low Traffic Neighbourhood measures introduced in Corstorphine. The Improve Corstorphine Group focuses on...

Edinburgh Council is facing “serious questions” after it emerged it is breaking the law “on an industrial scale” by placing homeless people in 30 unlicensed houses...

This article is the second part in our mini series about Low Traffic Neighbourhood measures introduced in Corstorphine. The council is to determine whether...

David Henry is standing as an independent candidate for Colinton/Fairmilehead in the 2024 by-election. Mr Henry is one of two of the original complainers of...

According to the leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats the Liberal Democrat candidate is Louise Spence. https://twitter.com/agcolehamilton/status/1823811094424571932 She was also the candidate in the 2022 local...

Neil Cuthbert has been selected as the Conservative candidate in the Colinton/Fairmilehead by-election which will be held on 14 November. He is a local...

Following September's Transport and Environment Committee (TEC) and the deputations which were heard there, opposition to the Low Traffic Neighbourhood in Corstorphine is playing...

A by election will be called in the Colinton/Fairmilehead Ward on 14 November 2024 to replace Labour councillor Scott Arthur who has resigned. Dr Arthur...

Edinburgh Council has been accused of using “skewed” data to suggest more people support than oppose a controversial Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN). Corstorphine locals were...

The Edinburgh Reporter understands that Cllr Scott Arthur, the Labour councillor recently elected to Westminster, has now officially resigned from his elected position. This...

The commencement date of the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Act has been confirmed as Friday 20 September 2024. This will allow The City of Edinburgh Council to...

EXCLUSIVE Edinburgh council employees have been overpaid salaries by a staggering £2.4 million The Edinburgh Reporter can reveal. At a time when proposed budget cuts are...

The council's planners and transport officers have drafted a masterplan to develop Seafield into a new neighbourhood where the city will look outwards to...

Edinburgh parents of children with disabilities have criticised “underhand” council cuts they fear could lead to them losing vital support during school holidays. Plans have been...

Plans for Edinburgh Council to officially adopt a position that sex work is ‘not a valid form of work’ have been described as “dangerous” by...

Drivers in Edinburgh were wrongly fined more than 1,000 times for using a bus lane earlier this summer, a councillor has said. The council has...

Edinburgh’s councillors have been reminded to keep their webcams on and be respectful to each other during debates.  Council members and officers have had the...

Cllr Stephen Jenkinson is taking up the biggest public-facing position on the council as the new Transport and Environment (TEC) Convener. His appointment was...

Taylor Swift’s three record-breaking Edinburgh shows cost taxpayers almost £40k after the council had to pay for extra toilets and security, it has been...

The controversial approval of student flats on derelict Edinburgh land previously earmarked for homes flies in the face of local opinion, a councillor has...

Following approval by councillors, Susan Deacon, CBE, has been appointed Chair of Lothian, the bus operator for an initial two year period. Ms Deacon was...

Edinburgh pensioners who have seen their heating costs go through the roof and were wrongly charged for boiler repairs say their treatment by the council has...

Cuts of up to £40m to Edinburgh’s education system are set to go before councillors, with schools set to have their budgets slashed further...

Setting off fireworks will become illegal in four Edinburgh communities this Bonfire Night after councillors agreed on which areas to designate as ‘control zones’. Firework...

New affordable homes in Edinburgh funded through the city’s tourist tax will primarily focus on mid-market housing for ‘key workers’ rather than increasing the...

Illegal metal detectors risk destroying vital clues into prehistoric life at Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park, experts have warned. Heritage bosses in the capital are proposing a...