In a surpise turn of events, the Scottish Greens, Conservatives, SNP and Labour all teamed up to vote down the Lib Dem proposal for an Edinburgh-wide Low Emission Zone (LEZ) on January 27th's Transport and Envrionment committee at the City Chambers.

The 2030 City Plan has been published after cross-party toing and froing. You can view the draft online at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/cityplan2030 and you’ll be able to feed in from November.

With the closure of beloved takeaway Los Cardos, the Trams To Newhaven project have to up their support for small businesses impacted.

New figures show that streets across Edinburgh are dirtier and more littered than four years ago, with North East Edinburgh suffering the most. Amongst the City’s worst areas include the Edinburgh Council Leader’s own ward of Leith.

Powderhall Path should get back 'on track' and connect Saint Marks Park to Leith and East Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Lib Dem councillors have pushed to block the cuts to local primary school funding made by the SNP/Labour administration.

Streets across North East Edinburgh may actually see more heavy traffic if a 'City Centre only' Low Eimission Zone (LEZ) is implemented.

Leith Walk ward contains lots of tenements that require commual recycling bins, but they never seem to get picked up on time, at a time when Edinburgh Council should be encouraging more recycling and less household waste.

With the population growing and the wealth gap widening every day, Scotland needs a reformed planning system to promote truly affordable housing.

The Scottish Liberal Democrats saw a doubling of their vote share in the Leith Walk ward by-election in April 2019, while Labour and the Conservatives both saw decreases.