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Council budget agreed for the next financial year

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The City of Edinburgh Council has agreed to retain council tax at the same rate in the capital for the next year, ensuring that it will receive in return £16.1 million from The Scottish...

Council house allocation system set to be reviewed

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Council chiefs in Edinburgh are set to overhaul the system used to allocate social housing in a bid to make it ‘fairer.’Council chiefs in Edinburgh are set to overhaul the system used to allocate...

Art depicting controversial motorway plan to be purchased for city’s collection

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An award-winning painting depicting what Edinburgh would have looked like under a 1949 plan for an inner city motorway is to be purchased for the City Art Centre.Showing a six-lane elevated ring-road tunnelled under Calton Hill...

Budget for homelessness more than doubles in Edinburgh

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Following the declaration of a housing emergency in the capital, The City of Edinburgh Council has reported a huge increase in the funds allocated to deal with homelessness which rose from £28 million to...

Greens want to end free lunches for councillors

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Greens in Edinburgh have proposed ending free meals for councillors, continuing free tram travel for youngsters, and boosting funding for projects aimed at addressing climate change impacts in their annual budget.A year after using...

Concern over lack of background checks for carers

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Major concerns have been raised for the safety of some of Edinburgh’s most vulnerable residents after it emerged a healthcare provider used by the council was not carrying out background checks on new staff.Councillors...

EICC reports record results

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The Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) which is an Arms Length External Organisation owned by The City of Edinburgh Council has reported both increased turnover and profit.The city centre venue reports increased revenue...

Independent councillor calls for social care funding boost

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Cllr Ross McKenzie urges Edinburgh Council to "call Humza Yousaf's bluff" and increase council tax to close the funding gap.Edinburgh’s only independent councillor has called on parties to boost funding for health and social...

SNP budget to include free Friday afterschool clubs

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Ahead of next week's council budget meeting, the SNP group set out their plans including safer pavements and free after school clubs for primary school children on Friday afternoons.The SNP proposals include an extra...
Edinburgh City Chambers entrance

Green reflections on the budget proposals – what’s in there for climate and nature?

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Ben Parker is the Co-Convener of the Green group of Councillors in City of Edinburgh Council. He is the group spokesperson for Climate and Environment.Given the key role Greens played in last year’s budget...

Thousands sign petition to stop school cuts

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The EIS-led 'Save Our Schools' petition was presented to council leader Cammy Day this weekMore than 3,000 people have called on Edinburgh Council to scrap cutbacks slated for the city’s schools.The petition, launched...

Tory budget plans: more spend on roads and reform of homelessness services

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Ahead of next week's budget meeting, the Conservative group unveiled their proposals, including a 'huge' review of how effectively Edinburgh Council spends money on homelessness services, more funding for roads and school IT equipment...

Administration budget will help poor and homeless – and the roads

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The Labour Group’s starting points in their 2022 manifesto of eradicating poverty and dealing with homelessness are priorities in their 2024/25 budget proposals. But more money will also be allocated to roads, paths and...

‘Rapid rise’ in people injecting cocaine

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Concerns have been raised over a “rapid rise” in the number of people injecting cocaine in Edinburgh, as plans to introduce safe consumption rooms look set to go ahead. Drug users who spoke to the...

EXCLUSIVE : SNP announce budget plans to restore local bus services

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SNP councillors have announced they are planning to restore ‘much needed’ bus services to Dumbiedykes and Lady Nairne by committing hundreds of thousands of pounds of funding in their council budget proposals.Dumbiedykes, a city...

Study backs opening Drug Consumption Rooms in city drug ‘hotspots’

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Research looking at the opening of safer consumption rooms for illegal drugs in Edinburgh has backed establishing a number of centres, to reduce the rate of fatal overdoses.The independent study concluded that providing users...

Call for ‘urgent explanation’ over school support for additional needs pupils

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Edinburgh’s councillors called for clarification of the support being offered to pupils with additional needs after a “significant number” were refused places in school learning hubs. Some families of children with additional support needs have...

High school plans halted to further explore greenbelt site

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Edinburgh Council’s plans to bulldoze a village leisure centre to make way for a school have been halted after councillors called for alternative sites on the greenbelt to be explored. A new high school for...

Officials told to publish consumption room study

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Councillors call for the completed report into opening a drug consumption room to be made public this weekThe report setting out the findings of a feasibility study into a safe consumption facility in the...

Chambers ‘not safe for disabled people’ as councillor moves out

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An Edinburgh councillor says she has been forced to stop working in the City Chambers as it is “not safe for disabled people”.Kayleigh O’Neill, who is a wheelchair user, revealed she has moved into...

Emergency motions lodged with council on provision of education for children with additional support...

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Two political groups, the Greens and Liberal Democrats have lodged emergency motions on education which the Lord Provost has accepted for debate on Thursday.These ask for an urgent briefing note to be prepared...

Full council meeting – councillors’ questions

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At each month's council meeting councillors have the opportunity of posing questions to Conveners for written answer. This month there are 33 questions on a variety of matters.The questions and answers are now published...

Council denies services for children with additional support needs are being cut

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The City of Edinburgh Council denies that it is making changes or cuts to places in schools for children with additional support needs (ASN).The Edinburgh Reporter has been told that many applications for...

Council identifies funding to cover cuts to school budgets

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‘One-off’ funding has been identified to prevent a cut of up to £8.2million being made in the budget for devolved school management (DSM) funds in Edinburgh schools.These funds are for head teachers to...
Edinburgh City Chambers entrance

Council refuse Citadel funding request amid a “veil of secrecy”

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The council has awarded only a fraction of the funding requested by one of the major youth groups in the city, and it is claimed that it has done so amid a veil of...

Education needs more investment not cuts

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Edinburgh teachers are calling for “more investment in education, not cuts” ahead of a meeting where plans to slash £8.2m funding for the city’s schools will go before councillors.The cuts have been tabled by...

Council on track to complete more improvements on roads and pavements this year

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With the additional £11 million for roads and pavements in the council budget agreed last February, the council will complete the largest area of road repairs and improvements in one financial year.The council...

Council finances under pressure

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The Accounts Commission has said that councils in Scotland will have to make hard decisions about service cuts owing to financial pressures.The report just published assesses the finances for this year to April...

Newbridge pub to be demolished and replaced by housing

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A pub with a history stretching back over 300 years is to be turned into flats as locals say it will be a “great loss” to the community. The Newbridge Inn, one of the city’s oldest...

Costs of short term let legal actions revealed

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The City of Edinburgh Council spent nearly £400,000 defending their short-term let policies which were eventually declared unlawful after two court cases in twelve months.The costs were revealed in a Freedom of Information request...