Tag: Labour Group
Labour Group confirm council appointments
The Edinburgh Council Labour Group has had a meeting tonight to agree its appointments to the new coalition council. They are shown below. What happens now is that the Lord Provost and Council Leader...
Council elections 2012 – meet the candidates – Andrew Burns
Andrew Burns is the Labour Group candidate for Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart Ward.
Andrew Burns was first elected to local Government in May 1999. He spent one year as a backbencher before joining Edinburgh Council’s newly formed Executive...
More Council homes still needed in Edinburgh
Just yesterday The City of Edinburgh Council handed over the keys to the first new council home built for a generation to the new tenant. But what does that simple fact reveal?
It was in...
Edinburgh Labour publish their budget proposals
The council's Budget Meeting takes place next Thursday 9 February 2012. We cannot yet produce a copy of the agenda for you as it is not yet on the Council website.
But in keeping with...
LIVEBLOG – with the Edinburgh Council Labour Group
It is now just under six months until the election for the new administration at Edinburgh City Chambers takes place.
The LibDem/SNP coalition has come under fire for many decisions it has made, and also...
Labour sets out its stall for the Council elections
Today we publish a letter from Councillor Andrew Burns, Labour Group Leader, The City of Edinburgh Council.
We are running a liveblog with the Labour group on Monday morning at 10a.m. You can get involved...
Edinburgh Trams – Labouring forward?
There are actually so many puns connected with trams that even the rabbi opening the council proceedings before the council meeting on Thursday could not resist a wee pun or two of his own.
The...