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Council by-elections 2026 – LibDems announce their candidates
The Edinburgh Liberal Democrat group has selected two candidates for the council by-elections in the Portobello/Craigmillar and Southside/Newington wards on 3 September.
In Portobello/Craigmillar, homelessness...
Edinburgh Council spends £9m on temporary staff and recruitment agencies in three months
The Local Democracy Reporting Service has revealed that Edinburgh Council has spent nearly £9m paying temporary staff and recruitment agencies in the first three months of...
Council by-elections – nominations open this week
The Returning Officer for the City of Edinburgh Council, Paul Lawrence, has published a Notice of by-elections to fill vacancies in the Southside/Newington and...
Council’s Visitor Levy team supporting businesses
Edinburgh Council's Visitor Levy team is already in place to support businesses ahead of the tourist tax's launch in a couple of weeks.
The levy...
List of 65 companies who were paid at least £1m by Edinburgh Council
In the first three months of the year, the Local Democracy Reporting Service has found a total of 65 companies have been paid at...
Dundee based artist wins the Spirit of Spark to design Princes Street Gardens...
An artist from Dundee University has been chosen to design a memorial for writer Muriel Spark in Princes Street Gardens.
Dr Jacqueline Donachie, based at...
Princes Street fire – Heritage society call for oversight of next stages
The Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland has written to the Chief Planning Officer of The City of Edinburgh Council, David Givan, after the fire...
Residents urged to avoid site of city centre fire
City leaders have urged residents to continue avoiding the site of a fire that gutted a historic structure in the city centre this morning.
Council...
Westfield Court listing consultation in the balance after discussions with council
Uncertainty over the future of Westfield Court continues to linger as Historic Environment Scotland (HES) are now deciding whether to proceed with a consultation...
City centre roads face restrictions to open space for pedestrians this summer
As part of the Summertime Streets scheme, some of the city centre’s busiest roads will face restrictions to open space for pedestrians.
The council states that it...
Complaints raised over impact of Haymarket development
Edinburgh councillors claim that work on a development in Haymarket is causing loud and sometimes disgusting side effects for residents of a city neighbourhood.
The...
New police unit funded by visitor levy unveiled at City Chambers
A new city centre policing unit fully funded by Edinburgh’s incoming visitor levy was wheeled out at the City Chambers on Thursday.
After the announcement...
Tender announced for St Andrew Square improvements
Edinburgh Council has set out a tender for an estimated £2.75m remake for the roads around St Andrew Square.
In a contract tender published Wednesday...
Disruption expected as Edinburgh’s Cameron Toll will be closed over the weekend
Cameron Toll roundabout will be partially closed for three days this weekend.
Scottish Power is undertaking essential ducting work underneath the section of the roundabout...
Council by-elections – Greens announce their candidates
The two candidates for the council by-elections being held in September have been announced.
The party has selected a self-employed gardener and a homelessness campaigner...
Edinburgh Council backs effort to study support benefit applicants
An effort to study the impacts falling success rates of Adult Disability Payment (ADP) applications have had on Edinburgh residents in recent years has been...
West Lothian police officer congratulated by councillors
A West Lothian constable who has been named Police Officer of the Year has been congratulated by councillors.
Constable Scott McCulloch has developed and delivered a powerful...
Edinburgh Council to explore procuring the ‘most appropriate’ bleed kits
After two bleed kit options found by officers failed to meet expectations., Edinburgh Council will explore procuring the ‘most appropriate’ bleed kits it can
In a vote at last Thursday’s...
Council leaders challenged over dangerous e-bike use
Since agreeing to take action in March 2025, Edinburgh Council’s leader has been challenged over whether the city has done anything to address reckless use of...
Council leader looks for ways to alleviate the heat facing Edinburgh this summer
As Edinburgh faces a blistering summer festival season, extra hydration stations and ‘heat respite areas’ are among ideas the council’s leader is considering advocating.
As...
Council plans major expansion of firework control zones across Edinburgh
Edinburgh residents are being urged to have their say on plans to expand firework control zones (FCZs) across the capital.
A six-week public consultation has...
Edinburgh attacks discussed in council
Following the incident in various parts of Edinburgh last week in which five men were injured, many people from the Prime Minister to the...
Concerns raised over drug consumption room in Edinburgh
Councillors have raised concerns as the city’s government formally agreed an opinion on a safer drug consumption room (SDCR).
Efforts have been underway for several years...
Residents dismayed after student block approved in Gillespie Crescent
Bruntsfield residents have expressed their concern after planning permission was granted on appeal for a previously denied 124-bed student flats development.
A planning...
Investigation to be launched into tram boss severance
Following concerns by politicians and a union, an investigation into an ‘unacceptable’ £370,000 pay-off for the city’s departing tram boss will be launched
Edinburgh Trams...
Councillor left with nettle stings after visiting a city park
Weeds ‘taller than people’ in a city centre park left a resident with nettle stings amid the ongoing heat wave.
Photos seen by the Local...
Green light for new development with more than 240 flats at Leith Docks
Planning permission has been granted in principle for a new development with more than 240 flats at Leith Docks.
Four blocks, running up to six storeys, now...
Council staff could be compensated for missing World Cup bank holiday
Edinburgh Council will explore some form of compensation for staff missing out on the World Cup bank holiday.
Some councillors – though not all – backed the...
North Bridge set to open in July
According to Edinburgh Council’s leader, North Bridge is set to open in July, bringing an end to eight years of closures and extensive renovation...
Councillors expenses published more than a year late
Expenses for Edinburgh councillors have been published over a year late.
The data, covering two years of expenses, was published sometime after midday last Thursday...
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