Lothian MSP Gordon Lindhurst has criticised SNP Brexit Secretary Mike Russell after he continued to play constitutional games rather than commit to passing important health legislation.

Miles Briggs MSP has said that young people, in Lothian,  are being failed in mental health support in what is 2018 Year of the Young Person.

Year of the Young person is a Scottish Government initiative that is designed to celebrate young people and hear their voices.

Lothian MSP Gordon Lindhurst has raised his concerns after new figures revealed that over 5,700 incidents of domestic abuse were recorded in Edinburgh in 2017-18.

The figures mean that there were 15 incidents every day within the capital.

The City of Edinburgh Council is asking people for their views on what the City Centre should be like in the future.

The SNP Government have failed to commit to bringing tax rates for businesses in line with those in England.

The £15 million government investment in electric vehicle charging points announced this week has been welcomed by Lothian MSP Gordon Lindhurst, on the condition that they actually work.

Since late November, the communities across Pentland Hills Ward have been in limbo, waiting for the SNP and Labour administration to decide on the future of secondary schooling in our area.

Edinburgh Conservatives have launched a campaign to bin Edinburgh Council's new Garden Tax

Following recent Edinburgh Council ‘public consultation’ events on the tram extension, Edinburgh Conservative Transport Spokesman Cllr Nick Cook wrote for the Edinburgh Evening News:
 

Edinburgh CC Conservative Group Finance spokesman Cllr Graham Hutchison gives his thoughts on the recent budget presented by the SNP-Labour administration: