Councillors to sit on board

NEW councillors have been appointed to the board that sets business rates and manages the city’s electoral roll.

SNP councillors Tom Buchanan and Elaine Morris will both serve on the Lothian Valuation Joint Board, in place of councillors David Beckett and Stuart Roy McIvor, who have resigned.

A councillor from Edinburgh is also to be appointed to replace Councillor McIvor on the appointment committee, appeal committee and joint consultative group.