We are saddened to learn that Edinburgh Airport, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, have let a third of their staff go.

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

The Union is working.

The UK Government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has saved 736,500 jobs across Scotland, including 69,400 in Edinburgh. This whopping figure accounts for 28% of all employees in Scotland's capital.

Cllr Susan Webber, Pentland Hills Ward

Cllr Callum Laidlaw selected as Scottish Conservative and Unionist candidate for Edinburgh Northern and Leith

A public health crisis should not exempt the City of Edinburgh Council from scrutiny. However, the SNP, along with their Labour lackeys, have done just that and prevented opposition parties from examining key documents relating to Edinburgh's finances.

In 2018 Cllr Callum Laidlaw was alerted to issues of children being unable to safely play on the grass pitches in Hunters Hall park, Craigmillar, due to motorbike use that the police were struggling to curtail.

Click here to see Cllr Susan Webber's latest leaflet which details the work she has done for residents in the Pentland Hills ward.

Conservative Council group leader Iain Whyte savages the minority SNP/ Labour administration for its appalling management of the City of Edinburgh in his latest article for the Edinburgh Evening News.

Litter on Braid Hills Road
I receive regular requests for litter clearance on Braid Hills Road – sadly, many motorists appear to like to deposit rubbish out of their windows whilst driving the route.

With the Council in recess and the schools out for summer, I thought it was a good point to look back on the educational achievements of the Edinburgh Conservative Councillors.