The City of Edinburgh Council

Edinburgh residents are being pushed into fuel poverty by the council, it has been claimed, after the authority admitted it had likely overcharged for...

The boss of Lothian Buses has backed confiscating youths’ bus passes if they are caught abusing drivers. Sarah Boyd said there must be “penalties” for...

After his election to Westminster the Transport and Environment Convener, Cllr Scott Arthur has intimated his resignation as Convener to the Chief Executive of...

The owner of an Edinburgh guest house used as temporary accommodation for homeless people has lost a bid to more than triple its number...

Candidates from various parties are already lining up to secure the Colinton/Fairmilehead seat which Cllr Scott Arthur is believed likely to vacate shortly. This...

Mel Young, MBE, who founded the Homeless World Cup, is to receive the Edinburgh Award. The selection is made from a shortlist created after...

The Scottish Government claims that its intervention, in offering more funding for a new pay offer to be put to council workers, has averted...

Following a special meeting of Council Leaders on Friday morning to discuss Local Government Pay, COSLA has this afternoon made what they described as...

Cllr Lesley Macinnes who has been Depute Leader of the SNP group on Edinburgh Council for several years, has announced she is stepping back...

Speaking ahead of a meeting of council leaders on Friday when local government pay will be discussed, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government...

Plans for a new Edinburgh BMX track are finally taking shape – 10 years after they were first mooted by the council. Councillors are set...

An appeal is being made to The Scottish Government calling for it to release some of its powers to Scottish local authorities in the...

The official programme for Edinburgh 900 has been announced - the celebration of the establishment of the capital as a royal burgh - and...

Strike action not yet inevitable as union welcomes “positive Scottish government talks”Unite the union has confirmed on Wednesday that its local government membership involved...

UNISON, the largest local government union, has notified 13 councils (NOT Edinburgh) that strikes will take place over nine days between 14 and 22...

It was a fine day at the top of Calton Hill - and the seagulls were making hay with the litter strewn around the...

Edinburgh Council denies that there will be any pressure on school places, even if parents move children from private schools to state schools if...

The local government body COSLA has called upon The Scottish Government to step in with more funding to avert bin strikes in a few...

Unite the union has rejected the latest pay offer from local government body COSLA, meaning bin strikes will be inevitable in Edinburgh during the...

An attack was carried out at Sighthill Primary School on Saturday leaving a door and window damaged in an apparent act of vandalism. The council...

The Council Leader has instructed the Chief Executive to convene a meeting on Monday to review the incident involving visiting football fans and cricketers...

The City of Edinburgh Council has issued 6,030 PCN fines in June in relation to the new Low Emission Zone (LEZ) which came into...

The future of Gorgie City Farm will be debated by councillors on 8 August at a meeting of the Culture and Communities Committee. It...

An Edinburgh Labour councillor has said he plans give up his seat in the City Chambers later this year after getting elected to the...

The staff who carry out cleansing and waste services for half of the councils in Scotland have voted to go on strike - perhaps...

From Sunday Waverley Bridge will no longer be a pedestrian priority street, as set out in the council's Future Streets policy, when airport buses...

As promised last year the council is conducting a review of the licensing around the city's short term lets strategy this summer. This review...

Councillors will discuss approving £550,000 of changes proposed for Elm Row and the surrounding area to improve pedestrian and active travel access, while supporting...

Paul Lawrence officially takes up the post of Chief Executive of the City of Edinburgh Council on Monday. Succeeding Andrew Kerr, who retires this weekend...

The Trams to Newhaven project opened to passengers in June 2023 has won a Local Government Chronicle (LGC) award announced on Wednesday night at...