Letter to Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance

Letter to Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance

Dear Cabinet Secretary, In response to the UK Government’s most recent budget announcement, we are writing to urge you to allocate £196 million from Scotland’s allocated Barnett consequentials, to make up the 26 per cent cut to the Affordable Housing Supply Programme included in the Scottish Government’s budget announcement in…

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Edinburgh’s budget challenge – map out what matters to you

An interactive tool that lets residents map out the community services and issues they care most about has been launched by the City of Edinburgh Council. As part of a 16-week budget consultation that went live on Tuesday (9 April), the council is engaging with residents in new ways to capture…

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Support for Capital’s growth plans

Edinburgh’s new local development plan today received a welcome boost from the Scottish Government. Edinburgh’s new local development plan today received a welcome boost from the Scottish Government City Plan 2030 – which sets out the strategy for development, proposals, and policies to shape development and inform planning decisions in…

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Usher Hall retains five-star status

The Usher Hall has further cemented its reputation as the Capital’s foremost concert hall with a five-star quality rating from VisitScotland as part of its Quality Assurance Scheme. The report, compiled during anonymous visits by VisitScotland inspectors, particularly praised the hospitality, friendliness, service, and efficiency of colleagues alongside the general core experience and…

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Lauriston Castle launches it’s 2024 programme

Lauriston Castle officially launched it’s 2024 programme this week with a visit from Culture and Communities Convener Val Walker alongside members of the multi-award winning Edinburgh Living History (ELH).  Convener Walker rose to the occasion and joined ELH in full Edwardian dress for a tour of Lauriston Castle. Situated in the Cramond area…

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Granton gasholder taking shape for future public park

New footage released by the City of Edinburgh Council today (3 April 2024) shows the tank in the iconic gasholder frame has been infilled in preparation for the site to become a public park in the future. Around 50,000 tonnes of infill material has been placed and compacted within the…

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Funding available for community-focussed projects in Edinburgh

Do you have an idea that will make a difference to your local community? Applications are now open for a grant of up to £5,000 to make your idea a reality. The Council set up the Community Grants Fund in 2007 to kickstart projects that benefit local communities. It is…

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Melville Crescent set for major improvement project

Work will soon get underway to significantly improve public spaces on Melville Crescent, thanks to £2.1m in Transport Scotland funding secured by the City of Edinburgh Council. Improvements to the historic west end street will complement the recently completed City Centre West to East Link (CCWEL) scheme, which connects Roseburn…

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New figures reveal the growing popularity of Edinburgh’s ‘Resident Rewards’ scheme

More than 5,400 people took advantage of exclusive offers available only to residents within the City of Edinburgh Council area last year. The Forever Edinburgh ‘Resident Rewards’ programme, which is run by the City of Edinburgh Council, partnered with over 50 local businesses to offer residents exclusive ‘Rewards’ with key…

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Edinburgh marks the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

A  service took place to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade in Edinburgh today (March 25). The UN designated this international day in 2007. March 25 also marks the date in 1807 where the Slave Trade Act was passed by Parliament, outlawing the…

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