£eith Decides: the city’s first participatory budgeting exercise

On Saturday 27th November, about 400 Leithers braved the beginnings of the snow and ice and turned out to participate in £eith Decides, an innovative approach to funding community projects. Twenty five projects, from Pulse of the Place (drumming for…

Four school closures is LibDem/SNP Christmas present to the City

It is a very sad day today. The City Council, or more precisely, the LibDem/SNP Administration, is voting to close four primary schools: Burdiehouse, Drumbrae, Fort and Royston. The closures are all contextualised within the current ‘Financial Crisis’, as if…