The City of Edinburgh Council

The administration which runs The City of Edinburgh Council bases its policies on the Edinburgh Labour manifesto published at the beginning of the year....

A blanket YouTube ban across Edinburgh’s schools has been lifted by the council — but new measures introduced to limit online content available to pupils...

Teachers and pupils in Edinburgh are at “breaking point” due to widespread IT problems in schools which leave some waiting over half an hour...

Edinburgh pools have cut the number of weekly swimming lessons amid challenges hiring new instructors. A councillor said he was concerned about the impact it...

A huge nineties style rave planned at Ingliston next month is set to be cancelled after the council refused to grant a licence over...

The council set a goal of ending poverty in the city by 2030, but the council leader said that while progress has been made,...

Cllr Jane Meagher was elected as one of the ward councillors in Portobello/Craigmillar last May. She is a member of the Labour administration and...

Although children and young people have been using the new £28 million building for a few months, the official opening ceremony was held yesterday. Castlebrae...

Plans for new Edinburgh schools are set to be significantly delayed or scaled-back to plug a hole in the council’s finances, a report has...

An inquiry has been launched by The Scottish Government into the impact of Part 2 of the Community Empowerment Act (2015) (“the Act”) on...

Edinburgh artists have hit back at a developer’s plan to demolish their studios for flats – which they say "threatens a thriving creative community...

Questions have been raised about the decision to grant the Edinburgh Christmas Market planning permission for five years – despite calls for the council...

Efforts by BT to introduce ‘street hubs’ in Edinburgh have again been rejected by the council. Plans to replace 50 derelict payphones in the capital...

Residents of Edinburgh’s conservation areas are to be asked their views on how the council can cut planning red tape to help make insulating...

Edinburgh’s police chief has defended “heavy handed” arrests of protesters during the days leading up to Her Majesty the Queen’s funeral, after a councillor said...

Plans to set up a safe consumption room in Edinburgh are moving forward, after drug-related deaths reached the highest ever rate in the city...

Foysol Choudhury MSP met with local residents who live near the Eyre Place site where developers have asked for planning permission for purpose built...

Heat banks should not become a “long term sticking plaster” for people struggling to pay their energy bills, the council has been warned, as...

More than 50 nurseries and primary and secondary schools set to pilot programme Pupils at Edinburgh schools will begin a pilot of outdoor learning next...

Edinburgh primary pupils have gone without hot meals for six months while their school kitchen is revamped, it has emerged, after the discovery of...

An interactive football experience planning to come to St James Quarter is facing delays in obtaining an alcohol license, following complaints from the local community...

Local volunteers, housing associations and teams from the council’s Housing, Parks and Greenspace, Waste and Cleansing departments worked together on a community clean up...

The optional Workplace Parking Levy (WPL) could raise up to £19 million a year for investment in the city’s transport infrastructure while also discouraging...

The council plans to convert George Street from what the council's Transport Convener regards as a giant car park which cars drive through into...

Picardy Place, which has not been fully free of roadworks for about the last 20 years according to the Transport Convener, Cllr Scott Arthur,...

We visited the junction on Leith Walk where it meets Brunswick Road on Thursday evening and shot some videos - some of which are...

An extra £10 million of cuts will need to be identified by The City of Edinburgh Council next year, it has emerged, as councillors...

Excluding tenants from debates about the private rented sector risks leaving “a quarter of the city disenfranchised”, a city councillor has warned. It comes after...

A whistleblower has claimed alleged mismanagement in a council department could lead to dangerous prisoners being released without being properly vetted. But the council says...

A decision on granting permission to demolish a huge Edinburgh indoor football complex and bowling alley to make way for flats, student halls and...