Efficiency savings should not come from front line services such as education, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne has said. Alistair Darling’s number two made these comments to an audience of invited guests from local voluntary groups at...
Mon 15 Mar 2010 by John Hislop | Read more »
Plans to build an offshore windfarm in the Firth of Forth that could create 700 jobs in Leith have been welcomed by politicians and locals. The plans come as Leith has been named in February’s National Renewables Infrastructure report as the pri...
Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Melanie Archer | Read more »
Edinburgh’s five MPs have been left largely undamaged by the audit of parliamentary expenses, after two of them made pre-emptive repayments of expenses. Mark Lazarowicz, the backbench Labour MP for Edinburgh North & Leith paid back £2,...
Wed 28 Oct 2009 by Joe Pike | Read more »