Miles Briggs

Call for more independent procedures to prevent repeat of mistakes

This year's UK rank: 15. Last year's UK rank: 14. Scotland rank: 4. Guardian score out of 100: 68.4.

University principal warns departments could close in search for cuts

GP crisis sees patients directed to appointments at hospital instead

Edinburgh crime: Bike thefts soar by 20 per cent in 18 months

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'Teachers and pupils fear going to school because of soaring violence'

Edinburgh’s pupil-teacher ratio is already the second highest in Scotland

'VAT on private schools could increase pupil-teacher ratio'

Campaigners from KEEP were joined by Lothian MSPs outside the Scottish Parliament

Eye Pavilion given the green light for the third time - Miles Briggs

Culture director to leave amid museum closure row

Consultants paid £6.4m for Sherrifhall flyover scheme

Princess Alexandria Eye Pavilion. Picture: Greg Macvean

Keeping up the fight for new eye pavilion - Miles Briggs

Scottish Government housing minister Paul McLennan

At last, SNP declare a housing emergency - Miles Briggs

Around 5,000 complaints have been registered about bin hubs to the council

Solution must be found to bin hubs disaster - Miles Briggs

A ‘crucial’ diabetes treatment has been restricted by NHS Lothian

NHS Lothian cuts diabetes treatment amid 'postcode lottery' warning

Loneliness is public health crisis: how can it be tackled?

Humza Yousaf says commitment to new eye hospital remains

There are only a few days left to make your voices heard before Edinburgh City Council’s Work Place Parking Levy consultation comes to a close

City motorists will pay highest taxes in UK - Miles Briggs
There are only a few days left to make your voices heard before City of Edinburgh Council’s workplace parking levy (WPL) consultation comes to a close.
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The total bill for repair work and temporary accommodation for the First Minister was £856,307.

Tories hit out at cost of temporary flat for Humza Yousaf

Schools in Edinburgh and the Lothians were allocated 71 fewer probationary teachers than requested by councils. Picture: Sean Bell.

Schools 'short-changed' over probationary teacher numbers

There’s much to do at Holyrood in 2024 - Miles Briggs

Lothian Tory MSP Miles Briggs has highlighted a wide discrepancy between net zero grants given to Edinburgh and Glasgow. Picture: Neil Hanna.

Capital lags behind Glasgow on net-zero homes

Photograph by Ian Georgeson

Complaints about private hire and taxi drivers on the rise

The Scottish Government was expected to announce a funding decision on the new hospital at the time of the budget.

Eye hospital decision postponed to spring

Edinburgh's estimated number of deaths among homeless people has soared from 22 in 2017 to 58 in 2022. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Capital has worst homeless death rate in Scotland

Pressure is being stepped up on the Scottish Government to guarantee funding for the promised new eye hospital.

Pressure increases on Scottish Government over new eye hospital

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Edinburgh sees increase in rat 'infestations'

Miles Briggs MSP is calling for a crackdown on graffiti

Calls for crackdown on graffiti as 'wannabe Banksys' trashing Capital

Edinburgh trams works on Princes Street: the project was years late and millions over budget when it was finally completed in 2014. Picture: Neil Hanna.

'Ministers won't accept any blame over trams fiasco'
Transport Secretary Mairi McAllan says withdrawal of Transport Scotland support was right decision
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Is Edinburgh’s festival set to be pushed to the Fringes? - Miles Briggs

Lothians MSP Miles Briggs has called for an inquiry

4500 patients removed from NHS waiting lists

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Failing Princes Street needs a new vision for future - Miles Briggs

Nurses dress in uniforms from each decade that the NHS has been in existence (Picture: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

As NHS's 75th birthday approaches, SNP should hang their heads in shame

Three quarters dentists not taking NHS adult patients

Three quarters of Edinburgh dentists not accepting NHS patients

The Edinburgh Evening News has been reporting on the city's affairs for 150 years (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

In an age of fake news and disinformation, good journalism matters

Temporary accommodation is not a long-term solution to the housing crisis (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

SNP-Green government needs to realise city's housing crisis is a special case

An Edinburgh home where mould is 'rampant'

Reports of damp and mouldy homes increase by 895 per cent

For the last month, the machine dubbed 'the pothole killer' has been used to repair streets across Edinburgh – and road workers say the new machine is three times faster than other machines

'Pothole Killer' hits the roads of city with repairs to be completed faster

Residents were joined by MSPs, including Miles Briggs, and councillors in a protest against proposed student housing at Eyre Place Lane (Picture: Greg Macvean)

Local residents' voices must be heard in student flats row – Miles Briggs

Hospices provide excellent care to people with life-limiting conditions but they are under serious financial pressure (Picture: Russell Cheyne/PA)

Hospices face cuts unless they can afford to pay staff and soaring energy bills

Levels of homelessness justify declaring an emergency (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Shocking homelessness figures are an emergency, but SNP doesn't seem interested

The council says 87 per cent of Edinburgh' council houses have the legally-required alarms fitted.

One in ten council homes without required smoke alarms

Council urged to cap developments of student flats

Calls for ban on student flats bids amid fears of housing market 'collapse'

The JCB Pothole Pro, also known as the 'pothole killer', is already in use at several other councils in Scotland.

'Pothole killer' heading for our streets

Edinburgh social housing numbers show one person still waiting after 60 years on the register

Edinburgh social housing numbers show one person still waiting after 60 years

Edinburgh weighting on wages is needed to attract staff into the public sector at a time of spiralling costs of city living, writes Miles Briggs. PIC: Ad Meskens.

We need Edinburgh weighting to protect our public sector staff - Miles Briggs

Transport convener Scott Arthur says an extra £8m is needed to halt the decline in the condition of the Capital's roads.

Potholes lead to 1,100 damages claims in three years

The Scottish Government is not doing enough to help Edinburgh Council deal with the city's homelessness crisis (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

It’s time for SNP-Green ministers to declare a homelessness emergency in Capital

Traffic wanting to turn left from Leith Walk into London Road is now banned from doing so. The alternative route is straight on up Leith Walk, past the Playhouse, round the roundabout and back down to turn right into London Road.

‘Think again’ plea on banned left turn at busy junction

Homeless person outside The Salvation Army Hostel at The Pleasance, Edinburgh (Photo: Ian Georgeson)

Homeless families sent 150 miles away for accommodation

Every child should be able to have a stable upbringing, regardless of their situation (Picture: John Moore/Getty Images)

A child living with kinship carers should get same level of support as any other

Scottish Green Party co-leader Patrick Harvie is leading the government's rent freeze bill

Ministers 'confident' rent freeze bill safe from legal challenge

Edinburgh's Christmas market is a big crowd-puller during the festive season. Picture: Ian Rutherford.

Christmas festival in chaos after producers pull out

Scottish Conservative MSP for Lothian Miles Briggs had called for restrictions on Edinburgh Airbnbs to be delayed

Government rejects delay to Airbnb licensing scheme

New licensing requirements for short-term lets are due to come into effect from October 1.

MSP pleads for Airbnb licensing delay

A Book of Condolence has been placed inside Rosslyn Chapel for visitors and local residents to sign.

Two more Midlothian MSPs pay tribute to the Queen

Council leader Cammy Day says most of the rubbish has now been cleared.

Swinney: 'I deeply regret the inconvenience caused over bin strikes'