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General Election 2024 – Tommy Sheppard – SNP candidate in Edinburgh...
Tommy Sheppard has been SNP MP for the old constituency of Edinburgh East for the last two terms, and was one of the 56...
General Election 2024 – Open Letter to all Edinburgh candidates
The Chief Executive of Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, Liz McAreavey has written an open letter to all candidates in the General Election.
The letter...
General Election 2024 – the manifestos
Each party has published a manifesto setting out what it would do if it has enough MPs to govern - and there are also...
General Election – Charles Dundas – Scottish Liberal Democrats Edinburgh East...
Charles Dundas was a councillor in Edinburgh between 2007 and 2012, and is now the Chief Executive of a Scottish conservation charity.
He is...
General Election 2024 – Cameron Rose – Reform UK Edinburgh South
Cameron Rose has found his political home in Reform UK for this election.
Mr Rose was a Conservative councillor in this part of Edinburgh...
General Election 2024 – today’s election messages from the major parties
SNP
The SNP says that only a vote for the SNP will protect Scotland’s Parliament from what they regard as increasing Westminster power grabs, as...
General Election 2024 – David Henry – Independent candidate in Edinburgh...
David Henry is standing as an independent candidate in Edinburgh West at this election.
Previously he was a member of the Alba Party, but he...
General Election – Euan Hyslop – SNP candidate for Edinburgh West
Euan Hyslop is a local businessman who is also a councillor in the area, and he thinks it is the fact that he is...
Climate Festival – have a cup of tea with an Edinburgh...
Edinburgh Green Westminster candidates will be hosting their own Climate Café at the Climate Festival on Saturday.
Amanda Grimm, Simon Jay, and Jo Phillips will...
Council taking emergency action to ensure all postal votes are issued
The City of Edinburgh Council is taking action to ensure that all voters who may not have received their postal voting packs can still...
SNP launch last week of campaigning with their new look bus
SNP Leader John Swinney has said it is a "democratic outrage" that some people in Scotland are now on holiday without having received their...
Scottish Liberal Democrats warn of extinction and global warming
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has unveiled analysis by his party showing that The Scottish Government’s flagship fuel poverty scheme could take almost...
Advice on casting your vote
The council runs the election count and has advice on how to vote on its website.
If you applied for a postal vote...
Homelessness “one of the biggest issues” says Douglas Ross
The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has said his party will “absolutely” cut the number of homeless people in Edinburgh if it wins the...
General Election – Alastair Shields – Scottish Conservatives – Edinburgh West
Alastair Shields is the Scottish Conservatives candidate for Edinburgh West in the July UK election.
Here I speak with him about the reasons for his...
Scottish Conservatives launch their 2024 Manifesto
When Rishi Sunak took the stage in Edinburgh on Monday it was a bit of a farewell to Douglas Ross as the Prime Minister...
General Election 2024 – Liberal Democrats have a rescue package for...
During a visit to Cramond Residence in Edinburgh, Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader, Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP and Wendy Chamberlain, the party’s candidate for North East...
General Election 2024 – Rishi Sunak visits Scotland to launch manifesto
Although his first visit during this General Election was to Scotland, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who assumed the Tory leadership in October 2022,...
General Election – Ian Harper Reform UK – Edinburgh South West
Ian Harper is standing for Reform UK in Edinburgh South West, and he lives in Livingston.
His main inspiration to join a political...
General Election 2024 – Prime Minister will help Scottish Conservatives launch...
Rishi Sunak will join the outgoing Scottish Conservative leader, Douglas Ross, as he unveils the Scottish Conservative General Election manifesto on Monday in Edinburgh.
Mr...
Murray says Tory manifesto is full of empty promises
Ahead of the launch of the Scottish Tory manifesto Shadow Scotland Secretary Ian Murray says the manifesto is the last gasp of an irrelevant...
General Election 2024 – Richard Lucas – Scottish Family Party –...
Richard Lucas is standing in the Westminster General Election for the Scottish Family Party.
He is the leader of the party and while he...
Green candidate highlights Summerhall campaign
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh candidate in the General Election, Amanda Grimm, has backed the cultural venue Summerhall, which she says is at risk of...
Liberal Democrats will “stand up for opportunity for everyone”
Liberal Democrat candidate for Edinburgh West, Christine Jardine, has today pledged that her party will stand up for opportunity for everyone as she campaigned...
General Election 2024 – Alan Gordon Melville – Reform UK Edinburgh...
Alan Melville is the Reform UK candidate for Edinburgh North and Leith. He says he is a committed libertarian who regards the lockdowns as...
General Election 2024 – Kayleigh O’Neill – Scottish Greens – Edinburgh...
Kayleigh O'Neill was elected as a councillor in Edinburgh, representing the Forth Ward in 2022. She lives in Leith with her partner and she...
General Election 2024 – Scottish Greens launch their manifesto
Announcing a “green new deal”, The Scottish Greens used Edinburgh’s arts centre at Summerhall to share their pledges on wealth taxes on the one...
General Election 2024 – David Jacobsen – Socialist Labour Party candidate...
David Jacobsen is the Socialist Labour Party Genera Election candidate for Edinburgh North and Leith.
He has 20 years experience as a healthcare worker in...
Scottish Conservatives publish manifesto for rural Scotland
The Scottish Conservatives will publish their manifesto for rural Scotland on Thursday – which the party says has been “shamefully neglected” by the SNP...
General Election 2024 – Niel Deepnarain – Edinburgh North and Leith...
One of the candidates for the Edinburgh North and Leith consitituencey is Niel Neepnarain who represents the Scottish Family Party - Defending Traditional Values....
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