Independent councillor calls for social care funding boost

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Cllr Ross McKenzie urges Edinburgh Council to "call Humza Yousaf's bluff" and increase council tax to close the funding gap. Edinburgh’s only independent councillor has...

SNP budget to include free Friday afterschool clubs

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Ahead of next week's council budget meeting, the SNP group set out their plans including safer pavements and free after school clubs for primary...

Green reflections on the budget proposals – what’s in there for...

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Ben Parker is the Co-Convener of the Green group of Councillors in City of Edinburgh Council. He is the group spokesperson for Climate and...

Thousands sign petition to stop school cuts

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The EIS-led 'Save Our Schools' petition was presented to council leader Cammy Day this week More than 3,000 people have called on Edinburgh Council...

Tory budget plans: more spend on roads and reform of homelessness...

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Ahead of next week's budget meeting, the Conservative group unveiled their proposals, including a 'huge' review of how effectively Edinburgh Council spends money on...

Plans for Calton Square office building to go on display

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The public are being urged to share their views on proposals for the prominent city centre office building The developers behind the proposals...

SNP budget will fund extra toilets at Portobello Beach

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The SNP budget will allocate £220,000 to pay for new public toilets in Portobello. Over the last few years, the popularity of Portobello as Edinburgh’s...

Administration budget will help poor and homeless – and the roads

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The Labour Group’s starting points in their 2022 manifesto of eradicating poverty and dealing with homelessness are priorities in their 2024/25 budget proposals. But...

‘Rapid rise’ in people injecting cocaine

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Concerns have been raised over a “rapid rise” in the number of people injecting cocaine in Edinburgh, as plans to introduce safe consumption rooms...

North Bridge – traffic moving to other carriageway

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The traffic management on North Bridge will change next week, and will move from the east to the west side of the bridge with...

Call for ‘urgent explanation’ over school support for additional needs pupils

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Edinburgh’s councillors called for clarification of the support being offered to pupils with additional needs after a “significant number” were refused places in school...

Chambers ‘not safe for disabled people’ as councillor moves out

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An Edinburgh councillor says she has been forced to stop working in the City Chambers as it is “not safe for disabled people”. Kayleigh O’Neill,...

Council agrees to clarify its position on teaching children with additional...

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The council has agreed to clarify what education will look like for children with additional support needs (ASN) who are moving to secondary schools...

Emergency motions lodged with council on provision of education for children...

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Two political groups, the Greens and Liberal Democrats have lodged emergency motions on education which the Lord Provost has accepted for debate on Thursday....

Full council meeting – councillors’ questions

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At each month's council meeting councillors have the opportunity of posing questions to Conveners for written answer. This month there are 33 questions on...

Council denies services for children with additional support needs are being...

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The City of Edinburgh Council denies that it is making changes or cuts to places in schools for children with additional support needs (ASN)....

Edinburgh councillors line up for the next debate on trams

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The council's Transport and Environment Committee will meet on Thursday to discuss which option or options for a second tram line in the city...

SNP councillors want communities to control tourist tax allocation

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SNP councillors are to call for a percentage of the funds raised through a visitor levy to be given directly to communities to decide...

Enforcement begins as pavement parking ban comes into effect

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The City of Edinburgh Council has become the first Scottish local authority to enforce the ban on pavement parking introduced by The Scottish Government...

Liberton Hospital consultation events taking place in the area this week

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There will be three days of pop in consultation events for anyone living in Liberton from Monday to see plans for the former hospital....

Council identifies funding to cover cuts to school budgets

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‘One-off’ funding has been identified to prevent a cut of up to £8.2million being made in the budget for devolved school management (DSM) funds...

West Pilton shop receives warning from Licensing Board over sale to...

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The owner of the West Pilton Day-Today shop on Ferry Road Drive has been issued with a warning by the council's Licensing Board following...

Council refuse Citadel funding request amid a “veil of secrecy”

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The council has awarded only a fraction of the funding requested by one of the major youth groups in the city, and it is...

Education needs more investment not cuts

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Edinburgh teachers are calling for “more investment in education, not cuts” ahead of a meeting where plans to slash £8.2m funding for the city’s...

Taxi driver wins planning appeal

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An Edinburgh taxi driver has been told he can let out his garage as holiday accommodation after initially being told no by the council...

Council on track to complete more improvements on roads and pavements...

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With the additional £11 million for roads and pavements in the council budget agreed last February, the council will complete the largest area of...

Council finances under pressure

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The Accounts Commission has said that councils in Scotland will have to make hard decisions about service cuts owing to financial pressures. The report...

Newbridge pub to be demolished and replaced by housing

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A pub with a history stretching back over 300 years is to be turned into flats as locals say it will be a “great loss”...

Roadworks in Edinburgh this week

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This is the most up to date list of roadworks and events leading to road closures in Edinburgh for the next week or so....

Edinburgh Leisure boss says no venues planned for closure

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Chief Executive of Edinburgh Leisure June Peebles has said that figures apparently leaked to the Local Democracy Reporting Service were taken out of context...

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