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News published December 2018

• Message of sympathy from Council Leader

  Published 30 Dec 2018

  Midlothian Council’s Leader, Councillor Derek Milligan has extended condolences to the families of those involved in the bus crash in the Scottish Borders on Saturday.

• Plans to tackle homelessness approved

  Published 21 Dec 2018

  Midlothian Council has approved its Rapid Rehousing Transition Plan and this will now be submitted to the Scottish Government.

• Council to consult on review of housing allocations policy

  Published 19 Dec 2018

  Midlothian Council is launching a review of its Housing Allocation Policy in early 2019.

• Midlothian parents become first in Scotland to graduate

  

  Published 19 Dec 2018

  Midlothian parents became the first graduates in Scotland to complete a recognised qualification in becoming a tenant and keeping that tenancy.

• Council supports shopworkers

  

  Published 19 Dec 2018

  Midlothian Council is urging local residents to ‘Keep Your Cool at Christmas’ by respecting their local shop worker.

• Contractor appointed for new joint campus

  Published 18 Dec 2018

  A contractor has been appointed to build a new joint campus for St Mary’s RC Primary School and Burnbrae Primary on the site of the former Hopefield Primary.

• More support for out of school care clubs

  Published 18 Dec 2018

  Midlothian Council is to strengthen its partnership working with out of school care clubs to make sure they can best meet the needs of local families.

• King's Park nomination as Centenary Field

  Published 18 Dec 2018

  King’s Park has been nominated as Midlothian’s Centenary Field, a national initiative to protect open spaces in memory of those who lost lives in World War I.

• Council stops providing free food waste caddy liners

  Published 18 Dec 2018

  The council has approved a proposal to stop providing free food waste caddy liners.

• Council Leader comments on Scottish budget announcement

  Published 14 Dec 2018

  Midlothian Council Leader, Councillor Derek Milligan, has said that the Scottish Government’s budget, announced earlier this week, has “failed to recognise that additional funding is urgently needed for vital local services in Midlothian and across Scotland.”

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