The local authority is looking at the way they determine which properties cost more rent as they try to simplify the current system.
Midlothian Council is taking its draft new Local Development Plan to venues around the county to hear people’s views.
Loanhead and District Community Council objected to the planning application in Dryden Avenue.
The new Pride in Place Board which will determine how £20m is to be spent in West Lothian has held its first meeting.
Plans to build two new homes in the grounds of a historic lodge house have been rejected.
A list of East Lothian’s most sensitive landscapes is being drawn up in a bid to guide developers away from those considered high risk.
Thurston Manor Holiday Home Park has been given the go ahead to add to its current leisure facilities.
Midlothian Labour councillors have criticised the SNP administration councillors for presenting the rollout of the new green recycling bins as a “success.”
Over 400 NHS Lothian patients are waiting for surgery to treat an often debilitatingly painful condition.
Scottish Borders Council has announced it had concluded the tendering process to bring in specialist consultancy company.
One of the longest-serving representatives on Scottish Borders Council is poised to call time on his political career.
The reality of life for families and widows of the war in Ukraine was laid before MPs and Peers in parliament this week at a cross-party event hosted by Christine Jardine MP.
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In January 2025, the City of Edinburgh Council formally agreed to introduce a 5% charge on overnight accommodation.
A public consultation on plans to introduce an additional five per cent tax on the price of overnight stays in East Lothian has been launched.
With exactly a year to go until the Tour de France comes to the area, Scottish Borders Council has announced plans for a funding scheme.
Cabinet Secretary Stephen Flynn highlighted the economic and engagement opportunities for Edinburgh, Midlothian and Scotland as a whole ahead of the world’s biggest sporting event.
The first works to end Stoneyburn’s isolation as West Lothian’s Island Village are under way.
A consultation is now open inviting Edinburgh residents to share their views on Community Payback Orders (CPO) and the unpaid work carried out in their area.
St Andrew Square is set for some changes as Edinburgh Council has set out a tender for an estimated £2.75m remake for the roads around it.
Councillors have backed plans to extend a nursery in Livingston.
Plans to install 11 storage containers on land behind a shop in Penicuik have been rejected as ‘excessive’ by Midlothian Council.
Colin Beattie MSP used his latest parliamentary contribution to recognise the positive impact gala days have in harnessing community cohesion and improving resilience.
Holyrood’s Health Secretary, local MSP Angela Constance, will be invited to meet a local health board to discuss the crisis in social care.
The success of a healthcare app will be monitored locally by West Lothian’s Health and Social Care Partnership to ensure its success.
Two community-minded brothers, Asif and Aadil Bashir who run Loanhead Post Office were invited to the official opening of Scottish Parliament.
An historic house once earmarked to become an East Lothian crematorium a is set to be turned into housing in a bid to save it.
Small and medium-sized Scottish Borders businesses facing huge rent hikes need more than just “warm words”, a councillor has warned.
The school holidays have kicked off a £2m summer of play and sports for West Lothian youngsters.
Scottish Greens co-leader has made calls to pause plans to issue government bonds, explaining that it creates a barrier towards independence.
West Lothian’s SNP opposition group has lost one of its longest-serving councillors.
Midlothian's first bleed kit was unveiled at Food Facts Friends in Penicuik today by pantry CEO and the mother of John McNab who was killed in a knife crime last year.
Councillors have backed an effort to study the impacts falling success rates of Adult Disability Payment (ADP) applications have had on Edinburgh residents in recent years.
Youngsters are being given the chance to experience their own ‘Piano’ moment after two East Lothian libraries were given their own instrument.
A consultation on how the Council should shape our communities to meet the needs of local people and a growing population, is open from today until 30 September.
