Tag: Edinburgh Labour
Corstorphine/Murrayfield by election – Labour’s Parker writes to the First Minister
Richard Parker, the Scottish Labour candidate in the March by election has written to the First Minister and the Education Secretary about education spending.
Mr Parker said he wants to bring to their attention the...
Council elections 2022 – Heather Pugh – Portobello Craigmillar Ward
Heather Pugh
Scottish Labour
Portobello/Criagmillar Ward
I am an "escaped" civil servant and served almost 30 years in various departments including The Scottish Government both before and after devolution. I also was heavily involved with two...
Edinburgh Labour launch their 2022 manifesto
Edinburgh Labour launched their 2022 manifesto this morning ahead of the May council elections. This is the first Labour Party manifesto to be published in Scotland.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar joined councillors and...
Council to say no to ‘bedroom tax’ evictions in Edinburgh
The Capital Coalition who lead the City of Edinburgh Council have agreed that they will not evict council tenants for arrears caused by changes in the benefits system. They will also campaign to force...
Council Elections 2012 – Meet the candidates – Alex Lunn
Alex Lunn is standing as Labour candidate for the Craigentinny/Duddingston ward.
He has lived virtually his whole life in South East Edinburgh. His parents came from the Inch and Liberton.
He was brought up in Fernieside,...
Edinburgh Labour launch manifesto
The existing councillors and Labour candidates convened at Pollock Halls this morning to launch the final version of their manifesto.
Scottish Labour Leader, Johann Lamont, was in Edinburgh to help Edinburgh Labour leader Andrew Burns,...
Scottish Labour leader to help launch Edinburgh Labour manifesto
Edinburgh's Labour Group will launch the final version of their local government manifesto tomorrow.
Johann Lamont MSP will be present at the launch of Edinburgh Labour’s 2012 Local Government Manifesto tomorrow, Tuesday 13 March 2012 at the St...
Labour react to Council budget process
by Councillor Ricky Henderson
Edinburgh Council set its budget this week. In total, councillors are asked to decide the direction of more than £1 billion of public money, and with it the fate of various...
Edinburgh Labour launch draft manifesto
Labour’s manifesto for the Council elections in May has now been published in draft form for further consultation with the public. Councillor Andrew Burns, Labour’s leader in the Capital, says “Consulting the public on...