EDINBURGH’s homelessness crisis has been labelled a “human and financial disaster” after it was revealed the City Council has spent £28.1 million to meet an increased demand for B&B accommodation since 2016.
The UK government is under fresh pressure to tackle growing visa curbs faced by international artists blocked from entering Scotland to perform at Edinburgh’s festivals.
The city council has been branded a “disgrace” after agreeing to allow non-elected officers to shut roads without decisions being scrutinised by councillors.
People presenting as homeless in Edinburgh are being shipped off to temporary accommodation as far away as Motherwell – amid emergency bed and breakfast use soaring by 14 per cent.