Royal Ed campus redevelopment rolls on

The project to redevelop the Royal Edinburgh Hospital campus has taken another major step forward with the keys of the £48 million first phase being exchanged in time for Christmas.
Preparations are now underway to start a rolling programme of service relocations to the new facilities and will see staff moving into their new surroundings throughout the first half of 2017.

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Action on child poverty

Scottish Government support for Cash for Kids

There is overwhelming support for the government’s ambition to tackle the deep-rooted causes of child poverty, Equalities Secretary Angela Constance said during a visit to North Edinburgh Childcare yesterday – but the Scottish Greens argue that the latest government report shows the need for a budget to tackle the ‘scandal’ of child poverty. Continue reading Action on child poverty

City support for Scotland’s Place in Europe

Edinburgh’s SNP politicians have backed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s proposals to keep Scotland in the European Single Market. And if support from her own party isn’t particularly surprising there’s support too from Labour’s former health minister Malcolm Chisholm. Continue reading City support for Scotland’s Place in Europe