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The Latest Breaking News from East Lothian Council

Rent arrears in East Lothian fall below £1 million for first time in over a decade

East Lothian was the first local authority area to roll out Universal Credit as a pilot in 2016 leading to spiralling debt for council tenants with 70% of those put on the new benefit reportedly behind in payments after two years sparking a rise in unpaid rent

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian Council set to double staff homeworking allowance as cost of living crisis grows

The council estimates around 400 workers could be on working from home contracts but say the cost of living crisis and energy bill increase mean the current allowance of £156 is no longer an incentive to sign up

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian trees that survived Storm Arwen saved from chop after residents object

East Lothian councillors launched a climate change strategy, which promised to plant two million trees and objectors told them allowing 48 to be felled for flats went against everything they had pledged.

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East Lothian mob protest convicted child sex offender living on their street

Around 20 homeowners carrying homemade banners protested against pervert Graham Brown being housed near to them when they congregated outside a council building in Musselburgh, East Lothian on Tuesday.

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian councillors reject call for 'seat at the table' of workers pension fund

Although Lothian Pension Fund oversees retirement pots for workers in all four Lothian areas, only Edinburgh City Councillors have a say on the decision to merge with Falkirk Council Pension Fund and future investments

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East Lothian climate change forum to oversee net zero strategy

East Lothian's first Scottish Greens councillor will chair the new Climate Change and Sustainability Forum which will oversee council decisions and provide political oversight

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East Lothian shopkeepers fear car ban will turn high street into a 'ghost town'

Owners of North Berwick shops have voiced their concern as the future of the town's High Street remains undecided, with a possibility of it being pedestrianised.

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East Lothian park bids for protected status in memory of community councillor

Former Edinburgh culture director Herbert Coutts made the case for the park in his hometown to be protected just weeks before he passed away and East Lothian councillors are being asked to see it through in his memory

Edinburgh Live

Public satisfaction in East Lothian council services collapsed during pandemic

Health services also suffered huge falls in public happiness, with GP services in the county seeing their satisfaction rate fall from 87% to just 37% in the space of two years

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian hotel hot tub extension gets go ahead despite 7,000 litres of water a day claim

The new extension will be seen from the John Muir Way - a 215 km trail from Dunbar to Helensburgh named after the town's famous son naturalist John Muir.

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian door installed as part of government energy project needs planning permission

The Scottish Government's Warmer Homes Scotland programme provides homeowners and private tenants with support to make their homes more energy efficient

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian Council to provide supermarket vouchers for free period products

A public consultation found people wanted to be able to choose the brands of sanitary products they used and did not want vouchers which marked them out as receiving benefits or support

Edinburgh Live

Council tax windfall for East Lothian residents as refunds ordered

An investigation into inconsistencies in council tax bands in Haddington saw 127 properties moved up and 79 moved down from valuations made as far back as 1991 with the council told to refund those who overpayed

Edinburgh Live

Children at new East Lothian nursery went home thirsty with unreported injuries

Care Inspector said a water dispenser in the nursery was not used during their visit and parents complained of receiving no feedback from staff about their children or being given information about the wrong child

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Hundreds of Scots see bills rise after paying wrong council tax for decades

HUNDREDS of homeowners in a Scottish town have had their council tax band changed after an investigation into "inconsistencies" between…

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Hundreds of East Lothian homeowners see council tax band changed after investigation

Residents who have been moved from a Band D to Band E will have to pay more than £500 extra a year and have been told they should have been in the higher valuation for decades after a council tax appeal sparked a review in the town

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£1.6bn Scots offshore power project hit by delay as planning application withdrawn

A SUBSTATION at the centre of a £1.6 billion project to create an underwater “super highway” to bring offshore energy into the UK network…

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East Lothian's £1.6 billion offshore energy 'super highway' substation delayed

SP Energy plans to create an Eastern Link to bring offshore energy on land as it describes the North Sea as a "powerhouse" of Europe

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East Lothian bathing and fishing warnings at Torness beaches lifted

An oil leak from an electricity substation at the East Lothian nuclear power station site sparked warnings against going into the water or fishing at Thorntonloch and Skateraw beaches and surrounding coastline

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian harbour mural will be made of 27,000 pieces of plastic waste

Local artist Julie Barnes will create the mural using waste picked up over 100 days by a local resident around Longniddry breaches

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian pump track plans for housing estate sparks concern

The local authority is consulting on three potential sites for the track for skateboarders and off road bike riders but the third option has not gone down well with residents

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian care home given 'weak' grading after scathing inspection

The council-run care home has a reputation for high inspection grades but the Care Inspectorate said changes were need to provude 'safe staffing levels'

Edinburgh Live

People warned not to fish around Torness nuclear power station after oil spill

East Lothian Council has already advised people not to bathe at two nearby beaches or let their pets go in the sea

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian's Covid army carry on helping through cost of living crisis

During the first lockdown volunteers across communities came together to support vulnerable residents with hot meal deliveries and befriending services which are still needed despite the lifting of restrictions.

Edinburgh Live

First look at East Lothian vision for future primary schools

Two new £19million primary schools will be built with outdoor learning, indoor play spaces and viewing windows setting the standards for future projects in the county

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