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City of Edinburgh Council
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Host asylum seekers on Edinburgh ship and we’ll give you £6m, UK Government tells council
The UK Government offered a £5.9m pay-off to Edinburgh council in an attempt to house thousands of asylum seekers on a ship berthed at Leith Docks.
Former Mark Fortune tenants urged to pursue deposits after tribunal ruling
A former Mark Fortune tenant who is due to have her deposit returned to her after winning a housing tribunal has urged others to follow suit.
Mark Fortune forced to fix flat ‘not fit for human habitation’
An Edinburgh property firm owned by landlord Mark Fortune has been ordered to make one of its flats…
Council to urge Scottish Government to boost community planning appeal rights
Edinburgh councillors have voted to give local communities more power to appeal planning decisions and level the playing field between developers and residents.
Pretty vacant: Local authorities and tax havens own hundreds of empty properties
Local authorities own over 1,100 vacant properties in Scotland’s cities while real estate investors, tax haven firms and others are responsible for more than 500 high street vacancies.
More than 10,000 data breaches by Scottish local authorities
Scottish local authorities have recorded more than 10,000 data breaches over the last five years, The Ferret can reveal.
Councillors call for local government pension funds to bin fossil fuels
Councillors from four rival political parties have called on Scottish local government pension funds to end their investments in fossil fuel companies.
Edinburgh city council accused of ‘creative carbon accounting’
Environmental campaigners have accused Edinburgh City Council of 'creative carbon accounting' by failing to include the pollution caused by a waste incinerator based outside the capital.
30,000 tonnes of recycling waste ‘goes up in smoke’
Over 30,000 tonnes of waste put out every year for recycling in Scotland end up being burnt in incinerators and causing climate pollution.
