“A matter of luck a child didn’t die”

PPP School buildings report published

An independent report into the closure of 17 Edinburgh schools has been published. The report into safety failures has highlighted a lack of proper scrutiny of the construction work and criticises both the council and the partnership which managed the building contracts, as well as the construction company. The city council said lessons would be learned from the report but Edinburgh’s Green councillors said the report is a “shocking wake up call.”

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Edinburgh’s Council Tax to rise by 3%

The City of Edinburgh Council has voted to increase Council Tax bills by 3%. The council says it will continue to prioritise frontline services for young, older and vulnerable residents while making necessary savings under the budget agreed yesterday, but critics say Edinburgh’s citizens are being forced to pay more for poorer council services.

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