Council Work The SNP/Labour Coalition lost five votes at the June meeting of Full Council. The attack was led by the Tories, supported by the Greens, the Lib-Dems and independents. Three of these were on main agenda items and two were on motions. On the main agenda votes were lost…

Council Work At both Full Council sessions in May I continued, along with Deputy Leader Cammy Day, to press Council Leader Adam McVey to meet Derek Mackay, the Finance Secretary and demand full and fair funding for Edinburgh. Edinburgh needs £200m for schools. It needs another £77m to partially meet…

Council Business Finances I extracted a commitment from the Council Leader before Full Council to work with Deputy Leader, Cammy Day, and seek a meeting with the Finance Minister to make the case for full and fair funding for Edinburgh. The need for this work was brought home by a…

Council Business Once again I asked the Council Leader if he, along with the Deputy Leader, would meet with the Finance Minister at Holyrood to make the case for full and fair funding for Edinburgh. Once again my enquiry was sidestepped and his reply framed as another question. “What cuts…

Council Business One of the few committees to meet in January is Governance, Risk and Best Value on which I serve. It considered two reports that are important for the Council. The first was Audit Scotland’s report for the Accounts Commission on Council funding in 2017/18. It reported that: “In…