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News published February 2022

• ‘Fantastic’ new homes and care facilities for Midlothian

  Published 25 Feb 2022

  Midlothian Council’s £17 million project to build new homes and a care facility on the old Dalkeith High School site is on budget and on track to finish at the end of 2022.

• Young adults in Midlothian secure a positive future

  Published 24 Feb 2022

  Newly released Scottish Government statistics show that 95.4% of school leavers in Midlothian were in ‘positive destinations’ during 2020/21. The number of young people in the area in a job or enrolling in further or higher education, training or volunteering increased by 0.9% compared with the previous year.

• Council will meet 5 year target of 1,000 new council homes

  Published 24 Feb 2022

  Midlothian Council is on track to meet its five year target of having 1,000 council homes either built or under construction by the end of March 2022.

• Environmental team to crack down on flytipping and other offences

  Published 18 Feb 2022

  Midlothian Council is to fund four full-time wardens to crack down on flytipping, dog fouling, littering and other offences as part of a new, dedicated environmental crime team.

• Poltonhall improvements thanks to partnership working

  

  Published 18 Feb 2022

  Midlothian Council Leader, Councillor Derek Milligan has praised the “fantastic” partnership working that is bringing major improvements to Poltonhall Recreation Ground.

• Grants awarded for restoration of historic buildings and shop fronts in Penicuik

  Published 16 Feb 2022

  A number of property owners in Penicuik have been awarded grant funding to restore and repair key historic buildings in the town centre, as part of the Penicuik Heritage Regeneration Project.

• Council approves balanced budget

  Published 16 Feb 2022

  Midlothian Council has approved a balanced budget for 2022/23, with revenue spending on services next year set to be £251 million.

• Council approves small grant funding for community groups

  Published 15 Feb 2022

  Midlothian Council has approved small grants totalling £89,000 for 35 voluntary and community organisations operating in the area.

• Opportunity for council tenants to swap their home

  Published 14 Feb 2022

  Are you a council tenant wanting to move to a different size of house or a house in a different location?

• Midlothian leads way building affordable, energy efficient council homes for future

  

  Published 3 Feb 2022

  The most ambitious energy-efficient council housing programme in Scotland is underway in Midlothian.

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