The Latest Breaking News from Council

Voters in Corstorphine-Murrayfield will head to the polls to pick their new councillor this week - and here they reveal the issues that they think are important to voters

Local Authorities are required to do a major review of their operations and to produce a plan and map detailing the proposed response/operations that the Council will be operating

Provost Robert Bissett will now be convener of the council's internal Scrutiny committee

Councillors will form a cross-party working group to look at the decision-making process

Council bosses plan to install a new bus lane along the high street to replace the bollards, which were installed to create social distancing space in 2020

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer has rejected a plea from the Democratic chairman of the Washington, D.C., Council to cancel a planned vote on a House-passed measure blocking the district’s new criminal code.

The increase has been confirmed by councillors as part of budget measures to help fund improvements to the living standards of tenants.

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams lauded the NYPD’s controversial riot unit Monday and suggested it would stay in place — days after it and the police department came under fire for failing to appear at a City Council hearing on the unit’s handling of the 2020 George Floyd protests.

The arms-length council department has apologised for the incident, and confirmed they have taken measures to rid the building of mice.

Senate Majority Leader Schumer is rejecting an attempt by D.C. officials to avoid a vote to block a new criminal code.

The council's website states that changes will be implemented this week but that's not the case.