Scotland’s capital is being denied “normal European city” status due to Scottish Government inaction on visitor levies, according to Scottish Greens local government spokesperson Andy Wightman MSP.
Month: May 2018
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Trams to Leith: let’s get it right
Edinburgh Greens’ transport spokesperson Cllr Chas Booth argues that any tram extension to Newhaven must make life easier for those walking and cycling.
Green councillors have published their monthly report for May 2018
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School lunches: progress and potential
Mary Campbell welcomes progress on school lunches but says there is an opportunity to go so much further.
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Building schools for our communities
Learning from school building programmes of the past is crucial in building for the future, says Mary Campbell.
Scottish Green MSP Andy Wightman is raising fresh concerns about the case of Shahbaz Ali, a Syrian refugee who was stabbed in an alleged racist attack in Edinburgh earlier this month.
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Running Edinburgh: one year on
It is a year since the council elections of May 2017: Green co-convenors Melanie Main and Steve Burgess give a Green perspective on where the SNP-Labour led council stands now.