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Edinburgh city agrees details of new visitor levy

The meeting was held online due to Storm Éowyn but all councillors had ample opportunity to ...

By Phyllis Stephen, The Edinburgh Reporter

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£1 million fraud at Aberdeen City Council sends a warning across local government

All Scottish councils must learn from the weaknesses that allowed an Aberdeen City Council employee’s ...

By Midlothian View

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Greens renew demand over Trump ahead of his inauguration

The party says it does not want Scotland to welcome President Trump if he visits ...

By Phyllis Stephen, The Edinburgh Reporter

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Significant challenges ahead for local services in Orkney

COSLA, the organisation which represents Scotland’s local authorities, has welcomed the Draft Scottish Budget published on ...
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Citizens Agenda: What our partners did

Across Scotland, we have been asking our readers to tell us what they wanted candidates ...

By The Scottish Beacon

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Creating a Citizens Agenda: the issues people care most about

This year we took ran a Citizens Agenda project to provide citizen-centred reporting that better ...

By The Scottish Beacon

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