Miles Briggs

The escalators at Waverley Steps boarded up to allow te refurbishments to be carried out

Cost of Waveley escalator refurbishment branded 'excessive'

Miles Briggs MSP

Time to end Sheriffhall roundabout saga - Miles Briggs

Sheriffhall Flyover plans. (Image: Transport Scotland)

Sheriffhall roundabout named in UK's top 10 most stressful junctions

Traffic at Sheriffhall on the A720, Edinburgh City Bypass (Photo: Traffic Scotland).

Sheriffhall flyover cost 'could be two and a half times budget'

An artist's impression of the proposed Sheriffhall roundabout flyover

MSPs press for answers on long-delayed Sheriffhall flyover

An artist's impression of the proposed Sheriffhall roundabout flyover

Junction upgrade no further forward - Sue Webber

An artist's impression of the proposed Sheriffhall roundabout flyover.

Campaign for Scottish Government to prioritise Sheriffhall upgrade

Record numbers of pupils with additional support needs in city schools

24/7 police station closed to the public 40 times in six weeks

Miles Briggs MSP

VAT on school fees is counter-productive - 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

Picture: David Jones/PA Wire

'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'
Edinburgh’s pupil-teacher ratio - already one of the highest in Scotland - is at risk of increasing further as a result of private schools losing their VAT exemption, Lothian Tory MSP Miles Briggs has claimed.
Ian Swanson

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

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
Taxpayers had to foot £6,000 per month bill
Ian Swanson

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

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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'

Miles Briggs MSP

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

Miles Briggs MSP

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