MSP Miles Briggs

There is growing demand for GP services across south Edinburgh because of the thousands of new homes being built in the area.

Call for crisis summit over freeze on Liberton GP plan Ian Swanson

School pupils and care home residents must not have the meat option taken away, says MSP MIles Briggs. Picture: Getty Images.

‘Vegan treaty must not remove meat from school menu’ Ian Swanson

Nicola Sturgeon visited the Gorgie urban farm with Angus Robertson in May 2021. Picture: Jane Barlow/Getty Images.

Nicola Sturgeon asked to help save Gorgie Farm Ian Swanson

Gorgie Farm: Beloved city farm announces closing date due to 'serious financial challenges'

Beloved city farm announces closing date Rachel Mackie

Lack of care places and care packages lead to delayed discharges, which contribute to longer waiting times in A&E. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Use Covid cash to tackle delayed discharge, urges MSP Ian Swanson

News columnist John McLellan says rent control measures don’t work

Readers' letters: Comrade Briggs has got right idea on housing By The Newsroom

Should wages be increased to help meet the cost of living in Edinburgh?

Edinburgh weighting for wages - your views online By The Newsroom

Lothian MSP Miles Briggs has written to Deputy First Minister John Swinney (Jane Barlow/PA)

Government reclaims £18m Covid cash from Capital Ian Swanson

Hopes that Edinburgh’s historic Caledonian Brewery could continue operating have been dashed after no buyer was found.

Caledonian Brewery site could become student flats Gary Flockhart

Overflowing bins in Bread Street show the impact of the bin workers' strike.

Sturgeon urged to intervene in bin strike Ian Swanson

Miles Briggs has raised concern about the high level of benzos implicated in drug deaths in Lothian

Fears as benzos feature heavily in drugs deaths Ian Swanson

Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine celebrates after winning the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest in May. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

'Bring Eurovision back to Capital' Ian Swanson

NHS Lothian faces an £8.5 million increase in its gas bill. Picture: Greg Macvean.

NHS Lothian gas bill goes up by £8.5m Ian Swanson

Princess Alexandria Eye Pavilion on Chalmers Street. Picture: Greg Macvean

Eye Pavilion needs £2.3m maintenance Ian Swanson

The new hospital will be built close to the Royal Infirmary at Little France

Campaigners ‘extremely concerned’ over eye hospital delay Ian Swanson

Scottish Government and Edinburgh Council just keep passing the buck over homelessness funds (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Homelessness in Edinburgh - your views online By The Newsroom

Homelessness applications have risen by 35 per cent in two years.

Minister shrugs off city’s homeless funding call Ian Swanson

Miles Briggs claims Edinburgh motorists will soon be the highest-taxed in the UK. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

City motorists ‘highest-taxed in UK’ Ian Swanson

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

Multi-storey would solve hospital's parking crisis, says MSP Ian Swanson

The clock has been a Morningside landmark since 1910. Picture: Google Streetview

MSP joins campaign to stop 5G mast at landmark site Ian Swanson

The new outer berth at Leith, where the renewable energy hub will bring new jobs.

Leith part of bid to be Green Freeport Ian Swanson

Demand for allotments has grown since the start of the pandemic. Picture: Greg Macvean.

Let's find more space for allotments, says MSP Ian Swanson

Shona Robison has said rules about fire alarms in homes will not be delayed for another year.

'No delay' to law requiring Scottish homes to fit interlinked fire alarms Conor Matchett

Work is currently under way on building new affordable homes in Bingham and Parkview.

Capital 'shortchanged' over cash for affordable homes Ian Swanson

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

Midlothian MSP insists Sheriffhall Roundabout plans have not been scrapped Kevin Quinn

The new Sick Kids hospital at Little France had running costs of over £7m in 2020/21

Old and new Sick Kids hospitals run up £11.5m in running costs Ian Swanson

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

Could Sheriffhall flyover be scrapped under SNP-Green deal? Ian Swanson

Miles Briggs quoted the mother of a childhood friend who died a drug-related death

Drug-related hospital admissions soar in Lothian Ian Swanson

Plans for the new eye hospital were well advanced

'Out of date' eyecare review now complete Ian Swanson

Miles Briggs is now shadow social justice, housing and local government secretary

Call to end homelessness by 2023 Ian Swanson

The Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion is unfit for purpose Pic: Greg Macvean

Warning of U-turn on eye hospital pledges Ian Swanson

More than £1m was spent planning the new hospital

Plea to spending watchdog over new eye hospital Ian Swanson

Cross-party campaigners say the proposed new eye hospital is essential

Edinburgh's Eye Pavilion: 'Confusion' claim as letter hints at possible future c... Ian Swanson

The Scottish Government has said it will not fund a replacement for the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion Pic Greg Macvean

SNP challenged over new eye hospital Ian Swanson

Susan Webber won the number two slot on the Tories' Lothian list

Webber heading for Holyrood after winning list place Ian Swanson

Finance Secretary Kate Forbes was answering questions in the Scottish Parliament

Government plans to invest in ‘clapped out’ Eye Pavilion building Ian Swanson

Nicola Sturgeon was speaking at First Minister's Questions Photo: Fraser Bremner - Getty Images

Sturgeon pledges state-of-art eyecare for Capital Ian Swanson

The Scottish Government says it will not fund a replacement for the Princess Alexandria Eye Pavilion Pic Greg Macvean

£1m 'down the drain' on new eye hospital Ian Swanson

Miles Briggs outside the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion

Petition urges Sturgeon to fund new eye hospital Ian Swanson

Opposition parties agree on the need for a replacement for the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion Pic Greg Macvean

Eye Pavilion 'set to be election issue' Ian Swanson

The Scottish Government will not fund a replacement for the Princess Alexandria Eye Pavilion Pic Greg Macvean

Scepticism over government vision for eyecare Ian Swanson

A replacement for the Eye Pavilion rose by over 20 per cent in less than a year Pic: Greg Macvean

Cost of new eye hospital climbed to £83 million - before government pulled plug Ian Swanson

Design work was well under way to replace the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion before the Scottish Government announced it would not fund the project
Pic Greg Macvean

Government won't say what future is for Eye Pavilion Ian Swanson