Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Labour Group AGM

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Labour Group AGM this evening; as Thursday's Full Council Meeting is the "Council AGM" ... ... needless to say, this won...
Sunday, April 28, 2013

80 years young ;-)

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 Swiftly back to Edinburgh ( by train , of course!) ... ... and made it back up North just in time to attend a large family gathering t...
Saturday, April 27, 2013

Electoral Reform Society Council

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Saturday in London for the quarterly Electoral Reform Society Council Meeting ...  ... amongst other subjects, good discussion about p...
Friday, April 26, 2013

May 2013 Leader's Report

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  May 2013 A tribute to Tom Buchanan Like everyone at the Council, I was deeply saddened to hear about the death of one of our m...

Full Council Meeting

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Full Council Meeting coming up next Thursday (first of two in May!) ... all the papers/reports are now available via Committee Papers On-...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Date confirmed for Liberton and Gilmerton by-election

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Date  23/April/2013 Status: For Immediate Release DATE CONFIRMED FOR LIBERTON AND GILMERTON BY-ELECTION A by-election will be...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Corporate Policy and Strategy Committee today ...

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Council's main Corporate Policy and Strategy Committee meeting earlier this morning ... all the papers available here ... and obviously...
Friday, April 12, 2013

CSPP 'City Region Seminar' - Edinburgh

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Speaking at a CSPP 'City Region Seminar' later today ... link to further information here , and some blurb follows: === ...
Thursday, April 11, 2013

Is there not more to unite, than divide us?

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Its the Council's main Corporate Policy and Strategy Committee meeting next Tuesday, the 16th April ... all the papers are now out and a...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Tom Buchanan (1958-2013)

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Most readers will know that my Coalition Colleague, Tom Buchanan, died last Wednesday 3rd April; after a courageous battle with a brain tu...
Friday, April 05, 2013

Benefits are changing: do you need help?

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As most readers will know, there are significant changes to the benefits system coming into force from this week ... ... I know there ar...
Thursday, April 04, 2013

Shandon Parking - Drop-in Sessions

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In response to ongoing problems with parking raised by residents in Shandon, the South West Neighbourhood Partnership of the Council has ...
Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Bedroom Tax update

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I posted twice back in late February about the Bedroom Tax - you can see the posts here and here ... ... I've subsequently had a l...
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Monday, April 01, 2013

April Allotment update!

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Weather has been pretty good (compared to the Lake District anyhow!) in Edinburgh today ... and we managed a few hours down at the Allotme...
Sunday, March 31, 2013

Back from a snowbound Coniston Village

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Back in Edinburgh now , after a very enjoyable week located within a snowbound Coniston Village (down in the Lake District). We were stayi...
Sunday, March 24, 2013

Half-term is here :-)

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Hooray! Half-term is here ... and for the first time since 2009, I'm managing to properly escape for a few days over the Easter-period...
Saturday, March 23, 2013

Earth Hour approaching!

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Earth Hour is approaching - 8.30pm tonight ... ... the Council is again supporting this initiative ( some information here ) and I...
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- more on Castlebrae ...

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I promised to post a bit more on the Castlebrae Community High School decision ... ... to hear both my own contribution to the debate on...