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SNP leader Simita Kumar says the city council is ‘at a crossroads’

SNP leader not far off the mark - Steve Cardownie

Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell

Nicola Sturgeon announces she and Peter Murrell are to divorce

Councillor Simita Kumar is leader of the SNP group on Edinburgh City Council

Labour’s leadership crisis is failing Capital - Simita Kumar

Marco Biagi was elected SNP councillor for Colinton/Fairmilehead in 2022

Lib Dems and Labour deserve no by-election favours - Sue Webber

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Ian Murray: New Year, time for a fresh start in Holyrood

Gregor Poynton MP

Gregor Poynton MP Leads Westminster Debate on Fiscal Impact of UK Budget on Scot...

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar delivers his first speech of the New Year at Glasgow University on Monday January 6, 2025. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

2025 will be election-free year, but all eyes already on 2026 Ian Swanson

Ian Murray meets Grace Fu, Singapore minister of trade relations

The year of getting Scotland back on track - Ian Murray

New city council minority leader Councillor Jane Meagher is going to need a hard hat to keep her disparate Labour group together

Putting the wind up Labour’s shaky council administration - John McLellan

Elon Musk during a campaign rally for Donald Trump

Donald and Elon’s friendship won’t see 2026 - Alex Cole-Hamilton

As a Scottish Government minister Lorna Slater had the joy of releasing beavers into the Cairngorms National Park, the first new beavers there in over 400 years.

A happier, healthier future for people and planet - Lorna Slater

Scotland played a key part in Labour’s election victory

Looking back at 2024: A dramatic year of political change Ian Swanson

Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria on the steps of Number 10

A dramatic year in politics - Ian Swanson

Councillor Jane Meagher

Labour's Jane Meagher elected council leader to replace Cammy Day

First Minister John Swinney looks on as Finance Minister Shona Robison presents the budget at the Scottish Parliament on December 4, 2024. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Problems aplenty for Capital’s food and drink sector - Sue Webber

Could the last meeting of Edinburgh Council in 2024 rival Grant Scott and Allan Stewart at the pantomime for entertainment value? Oh yes it can says John McLellan

Council shenanigans could rival panto - John McLellan
Who would have thought the last meeting of Edinburgh City Council in 2024 could rival Grant Stott and Allan Stewart at the pantomime for entertainment value?
John McLellan

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray's official 2024 Christmas card has been designed by 12-year-old Ukrainian girl Amelia Marchenko, whose family fled the conflict in her home country and now live in Edinburgh

Tough questions from future Newsnight presenters - Ian Murray

Councillor Jane Meagher

Labour looks set to retain power at Edinburgh council

SNP finance secretary Shona Robison

Robison’s budget ignores growing problem of care sector - Sue Webber

Problems at the end of Day - John McLellan

First Minister John Swinney looks on as Finance Secretary Shona Robison presents the Scottish Government's Budget. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

SNP’s Scottish Budget is a lost opportunity - Ian Murray

SNP claims Labour cannot run city with just 10 councillors

Finance Secretary Shona Robison announces the draft Budget for 2025-26 to MSPs at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood

The past is catching up with SNP after 17 years - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Investment in housing is critical, says Simita Kumar

Mitigating impact of Westminster choices - Simita Kumar

First Minister John Swinney

Children in poverty just props for SNP - Susan Dalgety

City of Edinburgh Council leader Cammy Day

Labour suspends council leader over 'sexually explicit' message claims

First Minister John Swinney looks on as Finance Secretary Shona Robison presents the government's Budget. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Budget leaves lots of questions unanswered [- Sue Webber
The SNP budget is a stark illustration of the problems besetting Scotland and the Scottish economy, a programme of public spending bereft of genuine ambition and imagination, except their ambition to cling to power in 2026.
Sue Webber

Latest update confirmed West Lothian Council has an overspend this year (2024/25) of over £8.1 million.

West Lothian Council residents could face rent increases next year

Construction costs are rising steeply

Housing targets out the window - John McLellan

Figures released by NHS Scotland show that delayed discharge has hit record levels

More patients than ever left stranded in hospital - Alex Cole-Hamilton

There must be a better way to deal with tragedies - Sue Webber

Under 22s are entitled to free bus travel in Scotland (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Put a 7pm curfew on free under 22 bus passes - John McLellan

Newly elected councillor Louise Spence is off to Dubai

Lib Dems and SNP have let the community down - Ian Murray

Homelessness can lead to early and preventable death

Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats and MSP - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay

Standing up for real wealth generators - Sue Webber

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey jumps into the water as he attempts an Aqua Jungle floating assault course during a visit to Spot-On-Wake in Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, while on the General Election campaign trail. Picture: Jacob King/PA Wire

Liberal Democrats need to stop goofing around - John McLellan

People are sometimes waiting hours on end for an ambulance

New approach to fix crisis in social care - Alex Cole-Hamilton

SNP and Greens consider motion of no confidence in Edinburgh Labour

Marco Biagi, SNP, Colinton/Fairmilehead

Another by-election as councillor quits

Stephen Flynn

Double standards as Stephen Flynn bids to be in two parliaments Ian Swanson

Craig delivering his survey in Penicuik

Local MSP launches Penicuik healthcare survey

By-election victor Louise Spence surrounded by supporters celebrating her win

SNP urge Labour to give up council control after by-election defeat

Disorder in Niddrie on November 5 this year

Communities broken after 17 years of SNP rule - Sue Webber

John Swinney said dualling the A9 is so far behind schedule because £500 million was spent on Edinburgh’s trams

Slim chance of Swinney tram support - John McLellan

The EIJB oversees provision of health and social services

Budget is downpayment on delivering change - Ian Murray

Lord Hardie finally published the report of his inquiry into what went wrong with Edinburgh's much-delayed, over-budget tram project. He said Edinburgh City Council, its tram firm TIE and the Scottish Government all shared the blame for a "litany of avoidable failures". When the inquiry was set up in 2014 it was to be "swift and thorough", but the report's publication came more than five years after the last pubic hearing and at a total cost of over £13m.

Transport chief linked to trams fiasco denied Lothian Buses board role

VAT will be added to the fees of private schools such as Fettes in Edinburgh

Labour have no answers on private school VAT - Miles Briggs

How dressing up as a witch is reflective of Edinburgh City Council’s values is unclear, says John McLellan

Dressing down for Hallowe’en holiday - John McLellan

We can reinvigorate that sense in young people of having a stake in the society around them

Finding fault with youth of today nothing new - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Rachel Reeves

Employers will pay for Reeves’ tax-raising budget - Sue Webber

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves. Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images

Now we face a decade of national renewal - Ian Murray

The Government has spent over £4 million on a free bike scheme for deprived schoolchildren

Value for money? On your bike - John McLellan

Care service reform madness - John McLellan

Emerging technologies will be key in fields such as robotics and artificial intelligence

Edinburgh’s Exascale Computer was the wrong project to cut - Angus Robertson

Former first minister Alex Salmond – a ‘consequential figure in Scottish public life’

I doubt we will see the like of Alex Salmond again - Susan Dalgety