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The following terms are designed to protect the intellectual property we have created in the course of our efforts and we ask all those registering for licences to accept them. If you have any questions or concerns please contact [email protected] and we will endeavour to help.

1. These terms constitute the agreement between HousingNet Ltd., and licence holders of the Locarla Data service regarding the use and dissemination of Locarla Data.

2. Locarla software contains data and information on housing and affiliated organisations, the people working within these organisations and contract/procurement data. This information is made available to licence holders for the period of their licence. Locarla Data is collated from various sources by HousingNet Ltd. and remains the intellectual property of HousingNet Ltd. at all times.

3. A licence is granted to an individual considered to be acting on behalf of a Company or on his/her own behalf. The individual holding the licence asserts that the information provided to HousingNet Ltd. when applying for the licence is truthful and accurate in regards both to the details about the individual and about any Company.

4. Licence holders agree to limit the use of HousingNet/Locarla Data for: a. use as contact lists for sales/marketing campaigns; and/or b. academic or market research purposes.

5. Licence holders agree not to copy or distribute any data received from Locarla outside of the organisation holding the licence. This includes the understanding that marketing agencies wishing to use Locarla data on behalf of their clients should ensure that an appropriate, separate licence is purchased for each client.

6. It takes a huge amount of effort to collect the data and to keep it up to date and as such we need to protect our investment from people not playing fairly and sharing login details. Systematic abuse can result in the whole licence being cancelled with no refund. If you need other licences / users just talk to us.

7. Free Trial Licence Holders agree not to copy, export or distribute any data from Locarla during the trial period.

8. Licence holders should take reasonable precautions against Locarla Data being copied by third parties; these include explicitly ensuring that third parties using Locarla Data on behalf of the licence holders agree to limit their use of the data to that in support of the licence holders or his/her company.

9. Locarla Data is provided on the understanding that HousingNet Ltd. underwrites neither the completeness not accuracy of the data provided.

10. Licence holders acknowledge that HousingNet Ltd. will take action – including the possibility of legal action – against anyone, including licence holders, contravening any of these terms. HousingNet Ltd. will consider the licence holders responsible for breaches of these terms by Third Parties who have received Locarla Data from the licence holders.

11. These terms are deemed to have been agreed under the jurisdiction and laws of England and Wales.

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As a data company LOCARLA takes the protection of personal data extremely seriously. We collect and store personal information such as Names, Places of Work, Job Titles, email addresses and social media links of Senior Management in Housing related organisations. We also store registration information of our users, subscriber data for our daily Housingnet News email and use Google Analytics for tracking usage of the LOCARLA website.

The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number of a data subject shall always be in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). By means of this data protection declaration, we would like to inform you of the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed, by means of this data protection declaration, of the rights to which they are entitled.

As the controller, LOCARLA has implemented numerous technical and organisational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed through this website. However, Internet-based data transmissions may in principle have security gaps, so absolute protection may not be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transfer personal data to us via alternative means, e.g. by telephone.

The data protection declaration for LOCARLA Ltd. is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration should be legible and understandable for the general public, as well as our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to first explain the terminology used.

In this data protection declaration, we use, inter alia, the following terms:

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as a Names, Places of Work, Job Titles, email addresses and social media links.

Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person, whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible for the processing.

Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

“Data controller” means a person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal data are, or are to be processed.

“Data processor”, in relation to personal data, means any person (other than an employee of the data controller) who processes the data on behalf of the data controller Recipient.

Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing.

Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data.

Consent of the data subject is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

Cookie Management

Cookies are text files that are stored in a computer system via an Internet browser.

Many Internet sites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string through which Internet pages and servers can be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This allows visited Internet sites and servers to differentiate the individual browser of the data subject from other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognized and identified using the unique cookie ID.

We use cookies on LOCARLA to track our registered users and open and click-through-rates on Housingnet News.

The data subject may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies through our website by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used, and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be entirely usable.

Using Google Analytics the LOCARLA website collects a series of general data and information when a data subject or automated system calls up the website. This general data and information are stored in the server log files. Collected may be (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites, (5) the date and time of access to the Internet site, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) any other similar data and information that may be used in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

When using this general data and information, LOCARLA does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website as well as its advertisement, (3) ensure the long-term viability of our information technology systems and website technology, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case of a cyber-attack. Therefore, LOCARLA analyses anonymously collected data and information statistically, with the aim of increasing the data protection and data security of our enterprise, and to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

We require registration to access the LOCARLA website and to receive Locarla Bulletin. In both cases agreement to our Privacy Policy is required.

Which personal data is transmitted to the controller is determined by the the product being registered. The personal data entered by the data subject are collected and stored exclusively for internal use by the controller, and for his own purposes.

By registering on the website of the controller‚ the IP address-assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) and used by the data subject—date‚ and time of the registration are also stored. The storage of this data takes place against the background that this is the only way to prevent the misuse of our services, and, if necessary, to make it possible to investigate committed offenses. Insofar, the storage of this data is necessary to secure the controller. This data is not passed on to third parties unless there is a statutory obligation to pass on the data, or if the transfer serves the aim of criminal prosecution.

The registration of the data subject, with the voluntary indication of personal data, is intended to enable the controller to offer the data subject contents or services that may only be offered to registered users due to the nature of the matter in question. Registered persons are free to change the personal data specified during the registration at any time, or to have them completely deleted from the data stock of the controller.

The data controller shall, at any time, provide information upon request to each data subject as to what personal data are stored about the data subject. In addition, the data controller shall correct or erase personal data at the request or indication of the data subject, insofar as there are no statutory storage obligations. The entirety of the controller’s employees is available to the data subject in this respect as contact persons.

On the LOCARLA website, clients are given the opportunity to subscribe to our daily contracts email, Locarla Bulletin.

LOCARLA informs its customers and business partners regularly by means of a newsletter about updates, news and offers. The enterprise’s newsletter may only be received by the data subject if (1) the data subject has a valid e-mail address and (2) the data subject registers for the newsletter shipping. A confirmation e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address registered by a data subject for the first time for newsletter shipping, for legal reasons, in the double opt-in procedure. This confirmation e-mail is used to prove whether the owner of the e-mail address as the data subject is authorized to receive the newsletter.

During the registration for the newsletter, we also store the IP address of the computer system assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) and used by the data subject at the time of the registration, as well as the date and time of the registration. The collection of this data is necessary in order to understand the (possible) misuse of the e-mail address of a data subject at a later date, and it therefore serves the aim of the legal protection of the controller.

The personal data collected as part of a registration for the newsletter will only be used to send our newsletter. In addition, subscribers to the newsletter may be informed by e-mail, if this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or a registration in question, as this could be the case in the event of modifications to the newsletter offer, or in the event of a change in technical circumstances. There will be no transfer of personal data collected by the newsletter service to third parties. The subscription to our newsletter may be terminated by the data subject at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data, which the data subject has given for shipping the newsletter, may be revoked at any time. For revocation of consent, a corresponding link is found in each newsletter. It is also possible to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time directly on the website of the controller, or to communicate this to the controller in a different way.

The Locarla bulletin email contains so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic embedded in such e-mails, which are sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and analysis. This allows a statistical analysis of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns. Based on the embedded tracking pixel, LOCARLA may see if and when an e-mail was opened by a data subject, and which links in the e-mail were called up by data subjects.

Such personal data collected in the tracking pixels contained in the newsletters are stored and analyzed by the controller in order to optimize the shipping of the newsletter, as well as to adapt the content of future newsletters even better to the interests of the data subject. These personal data will not be passed on to third parties. Data subjects are at any time entitled to revoke the respective separate declaration of consent issued by means of the double-opt-in procedure. After a revocation, these personal data will be deleted by the controller. LOCARLA automatically regards a withdrawal from the receipt of the newsletter as a revocation.

This will include a general address of the so-called electronic mail (e-mail address). If a data subject contacts the controller by e-mail or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject are automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a data subject to the data controller are stored for processing or contacting the data subject. There is no transfer of this personal data to third parties.

The data controller shall process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage, or as far as this is granted by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject to.

If the storage purpose is not applicable, or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data are routinely blocked or erased in accordance with legal requirements.

Rights of the data subject

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the confirmation as to whether personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller free information about his or her personal data stored at any time and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European directives and regulations grant the data subject access to the following information:

the purposes of the processing;

the categories of personal data concerned;

the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, recipients in third countries or international organisations;

Where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;

The existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data, or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject, or to object to such processing;

the existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;

Where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source;

the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

Furthermore, the data subject shall have a right to obtain information as to whether personal data are transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. Where this is the case, the data subject shall have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer.

If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of access, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Considering the purposes of the processing, the data subject shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies, as long as the processing is not necessary:

The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

The data subject withdraws consent to which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6 (1) of the GDPR, or point (a) of Article 9 (2) of the GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.

The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21 (1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21 (2) of the GDPR.

The personal data have been unlawfully processed.

The personal data must be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.

The personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) of the GDPR.

If one of the aforementioned reasons applies, and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by LOCARLA, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller. An employee of LOCARLA shall promptly ensure that the erasure request is complied with immediately.Where the controller has made personal data public and is obliged pursuant to Article 17(1) to erase the personal data, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform other controllers processing the personal data that the data subject has requested erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data, as far as processing is not required. An employee of LOCARLA will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies:

The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.

The processing is unlawful, and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of their use instead.

The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

If one of the conditions is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of the processing of personal data stored by LOCARLA, he or she may at any time contact any employee of the controller. The employee of LOCARLA will arrange the restriction of the processing.

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to object, on grounds relating to his or her situation, at any time, to processing of personal data concerning him or her, which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6 (1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

LOCARLA shall no longer process the personal data in the event of the objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If LOCARLA processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her for such marketing. This applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to LOCARLA to the processing for direct marketing purposes, LOCARLA will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning him or her by LOCARLA for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.

To exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact any employee of LOCARLA. In addition, the data subject is free in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to use his or her right to object by automated means using technical specifications.

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her, or similarly significantly affects him or her, as long as the decision (1) is not is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) is not authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is not based on the data subject’s explicit consent.

If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) it is based on the data subject’s explicit consent, LOCARLA shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and contest the decision. If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated individual decision-making, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of LOCARLA.

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his or her consent to processing of his or her personal data at any time. If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw the consent, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of LOCARLA.

Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, as is the case, for example, when processing operations are necessary for the supply of goods or to provide any other service, the processing is based on Article 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations which are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries concerning our products or services. Is our company subject to a legal obligation by which processing of personal data is required, such as for the fulfilment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and his name, age, health insurance data or other vital information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6 (1) lit. d GDPR. Finally, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 (1) lit. d GDPR. Finally, processing operations could be based on Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations which are not covered by any of the abovementioned legal grounds, if processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data. Such processing operations are particularly permissible because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. He considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a client of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).

Where the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR our legitimate interest is to carry out our business in favour of the well-being of all our employees and the shareholders.

The criteria used to determine the period of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiration of that period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, as long as it is no longer necessary for the fulfilment of the contract or the initiation of a contract.

We clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or can also result from contractual provisions (e.g. information on the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary to conclude a contract that the data subject provides us with personal data, which must subsequently be processed by us. The data subject is, for example, obliged to provide us with personal data when our company signs a contract with him or her. The non-provision of the personal data would have the consequence that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before personal data is provided by the data subject, the data subject must contact any employee. The employee clarifies to the data subject whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and the consequences of non-provision of the personal data.

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Taking you to the heart of what sets us apart from other tender portals, business intelligence web sites, and marketing lists.

Why LOCARLA? We are public sector centered, built environment specialists, with the largest resource of social housing, housing association, & local government information available.

Why buy your information from multiple sources when we pride ourselves on having the best and can't be beaten for value?

Housing Directory

Select housing organisations by name, location, or type from our database of over 3,000 records.

Choose from 290 data fields, ranging from the type of housing they own, to Chief Executive Pay per Home and their main contractors. Use the data you've collected to build a 'spreadsheet' of prospects, clients or organisations of interest.

Clients use these sheets for research, benchmarking, & analysis.

Who’s Who in Housing?

Our wealth of experience in curating an 'address book' of people working in, and around, the Social sector, is unsurpassed.

With over 20 years of collecting and selling 'people data' we can say, without fear of contradiction, that we have the best available, anywhere.

You might be looking for the person who specifically looks after tiles, but we can't help you with that. We have a genuine interest in Directors & Senior Managers and make thousands of changes every week.

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Never miss a tender. No one can match our Tender service as we are the only supplier that specialises in Public Sector Built Environment notifications. If you supply tenders for every sector the accuracy and attention to detail will suffer.

If you install boilers just select 'Central Heating' and we will send you any related tenders and awards each day in our Bulletin.

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Why wait for the tender? LOCARLA contract data will give you a head start on up-coming opportunities.

If there is no contract award you don't know who won it, or if it was even awarded.

A contract award notice might not be published due to: - tender not awarded or cancelled - no one got round to it - rather people didn't know - called off Framework - published months after

As part of our data mining process, we check news, reports, minutes, expenditure sheets, company websites, and Social Media channels looking to connect contractors & suppliers with their clients.

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Our mapping software utilises Land Registry title data to plot all Social Homes in England & Wales.

View by Housing Association, Local Authority or area.

Overlay with multiple data layers including: contract, planning applications, Quality of Life, brownfield sites & house prices.

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LOCARLA is a business development data tool used by companies working with public sector organisations. We concentrate on Social Housing and specialise in Repairs, Maintenance & Construction. Our tender alert service and pipeline research tools are second to none because of the pride we take in delivering this service.. alert service in the sector and in-depth, comprehensive, and catalogued contract awards.--> integrated with, the largest database of Housing Association & Local Authority information on Housing Stock, Finance, People and Procurement -->

LOCARLA league tables go some way to show the level of detail we pride ourselves on achieving both in our tender service and contract analysis to help you work more productively and creatively.

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Read the latest business news, blogs and thought leadership articles from our members, as well as updates on the edinburgh chamber of commerce's work in the city., new business plan looks to the future amid ongoing uncertainty caused by the global coronavirus pandemic.

“Pragmatic” one-year balanced Council budget planned for Edinburgh as Covid crisis continues

• Three-year Business Plan to shape Edinburgh’s “fair and green” recovery
• Balanced budget for 2021/22 despite around £85m of financial pressures resulting from Covid-19
• Longer-term budget framework to encompass broader reforms needed for Council to make more than £100m in savings

The report has been published a day ahead of the planned announcement by the Scottish Government of the 2021/22 Local Government Financial Settlement (LGFS) on Thursday 28 January.

Financial flexibilities already agreed with the Scottish Government have contributed to the balanced budget position for 2021/22, with an acknowledgement that more fundamental service reform, improvement and prioritisation will be required in future years.

At their meeting on 2 February the Finance and Resources Committee will also consider the Council’s new three-year Business Plan, titled ‘Our Future Council, Our Future City’, which brings together the Council’s strategic priorities in a single plan responding to the need for change and seeks to shape a fair and green post-pandemic recovery for the Capital over the years ahead.

The Business Plan aims to deliver a sustainable, fair and thriving future for Edinburgh, responding directly to the aspirations tens of thousands of residents have shared for their home city as part of the 2050 Edinburgh City Vision process and guided by the Council’s three key priorities of tackling poverty and inequality, boosting sustainability and enhancing wellbeing.

As well as reporting a balanced budget position for 2021/22, the Revenue Budget report sets out a budget framework for the following four years. During this time, due to a combination of rising demand, inflationary pressures, legislative reform and a level of funding that is not expected to keep pace, the Council will be required to save more than £100m whilst maintaining an appropriate level of reserves. Difficult decisions on where to prioritise investment will therefore be unavoidable.

Finance and Resources Convener Councillor Rob Munn said: 

“Like all Scottish local authorities, we find ourselves in a difficult situation, both in terms of how long Covid restrictions will be in place and what further pressures the pandemic will place on our budgets in the months to come. We’ve already faced budget pressures of around £85m through increased expenditure and lost income.

“That’s why it’s entirely pragmatic to set a balanced one-year budget for the next financial year while preparing for broader reforms from 2022 onwards.

“Our recent Best Value audit by the Accounts Commission found that we’re managing our finances well but recommended that we set out longer-term financial plans and that we pull together our ambitious strategies into a single plan. Both the Business Plan and the five-year budget framework we’re proposing respond directly to this recommendation and, taken together, they will help us reprioritise and, where required, redesign services to address budget gaps and progress our core priorities over the coming years.”

Vice Convener Councillor Joan Griffiths said:

“In setting out a balanced budget position for 2021/22, I am particularly pleased to note that, through careful financial management, we’re able to sustain vital frontline services; the services our communities have so depended upon during the incredibly difficult and challenging situation we’ve all faced since the pandemic began.

“We remain fully committed to our established priorities of tackling poverty and inequality, boosting sustainability and promoting wellbeing – all of which were set based on direct public feedback on what is most important to the people of Edinburgh.

“There’s no doubt some very challenging times lie ahead but we’re determined to maintain our focus on investing in attractive, safe and sustainable places to live, building thousands more affordable homes and high-quality modern schools and early years settings to give our children the best possible start in life. The residents of Edinburgh deserve nothing less.”

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Edinburgh council’s budget – a handy guide

The city of edinburgh council has set its budget for the year ahead after wrestling with a £79 million gap in funding..

After a long day at the City Chambers the Liberal Democrats’ budget was unexpectedly approved, after Green councillors voted tactically with other parties to block the Labour administration’s plans at the first hurdle.

During the dramatic six-hour meeting to decide how to use the city’s £1.24 billion budget in 2023 to 2024, Cllr Ross McKenzie resigned from the Labour group, saying he knew “how little work” the administration put into its budget – which he branded “confusing and misleading”.

The events have raised serious and difficult questions for the minority administration – now made up of just 12 of 63 members – over whether it can continue running the council whilst implementing another party’s budget, as leader Cammy Day faces calls to step down.

Councillor Day said after the meeting he was “still keen to lead the capital city” and would hold discussions with “all the parties” to discuss the way forward. He has also released a statement today saying: “As Leader of this Council and the Edinburgh Labour Group, it will always be my commitment to invest in Public Services, Protect our Council workforce and Stand up for Our City.”

“The SNP and Green party tried to set an illegal budget earlier in the week and then presented a budget with a 20% increase to council tax that nobody could support.”

“The Greens voted with the Tories to manipulate the budget process threatening compulsory redundancies and privatisation.”

“We will bring forward proposals to in-house council services from private providers and remain 100% committed to no compulsory redundancies”

The approved Lib Dem budget reverses most, but not all, of the cuts proposed by officers to address the funding gap of nearly £80 million, whilst investing heavily in roads and street cleansing.

Cllr Kevin Lang, Lib Dem leader on Edinburgh Council, said he didn’t expect to see his group’s budget get approved but was “delighted to see it pass”.

Lib Dem finance spokesperson, Cllr Neil Ross said: “This year’s budget has been the most challenging of all the six budgets I’ve worked on with an enormous starting gap of £76 million in the revenue budget.”

These are the key cuts and spending contained in the budget that will affect Edinburgh residents.

Council tax rises by 5 per cent

Council tax will rise by 5 per cent in the capital to help improve the authority’s financial position and avoid cuts to services.

This means the average household (band D properties) will pay an extra £5.74 a month or £68.94 over the year, which will raise £5.39 million.

Under initial saving plans drawn up by officials, the city’s education budget was set to be slashed around £7 million, however under the Lib Dem budget this has been reduced to £1 million by reversing £6 million cuts through the council tax increase.

The move avoids reduced funding for speech and language therapy in schools, devolved budgets for headteachers to spend, transition teachers and pupil support assistants.

However, a £400,000 cut to education welfare officer roles and a ‘review’ of education contracted spending to save £904,000 will still go ahead.

Cllr Ross said: “For Liberal Democrats, education is a top priority as it offers a pathway to a fulfilling life and should be a top priority for this council.

“Support in the classroom for teachers and inclusion in mainstream education are critical elements of getting it right for every child. Having the appropriate support in place from teachers providing additional support for learning, pupil support assistance in the classroom and speech and language therapy for children who need it – all of this is essential to achieving positive outcomes for children who might otherwise struggle in mainstream education.

“That’s why we’re reversing £6 million of the education savings proposals funded by an increase in council tax.

Compulsory Redundancies 

One of the most controversial parts of the Lib Dem budget will see the council end  its commitment to  making no compulsory redundancies to save £600,000.

Trade union Unite, which represents 1,500 council staff, said after the meeting it was “devastated” at the decision. 

Roads and pavements

There will be an extra £11 million invested to improve the state of roads and footpaths and fill in more potholes, reversing a £1.5 million cut which was proposed to help fund the soaring cost of the North Bridge refurbishment. This is made possible through £16 million borrowing and an increase in parking fines.

Cllr Ross said reports of potholed roads and paths are the “most popular complaint from residents” adding they are “the worst they’ve ever been”.

Waste and street cleansing 

The budget also commits to an additional £3 million for gully cleaning, tackling fly tipping, graffiti removal and street sweeping.

“Residents take pride in their local areas and Liberal Democrat councillors are listening and responding,” Cllr Ross said.

Another contentious move in the Lib Dem plan however is to save £500,000, rising to £2.5million in subsequent years, by outsourcing more waste and cleansing jobs – a policy opposed by unions and the city’s Labour group, despite voting it through yesterday.

Cllr Day said his group does not support the privatisation of services and will “bring forward proposals to in-house council services from private providers”.

Cllr Ross said: “The Liberal Democrats are open minded on this, our objective is to achieve delivery of a good service that represents best value.

“We want the council to deliver better outcomes in a cost effect way whether has in house or external or by some combination.”

Parking fines increased

Around £2.4 million will be raised to support the cash boost for roads and footpaths after the Scottish Government confirmed the council would be able to increase parking fines from £60 to £100 (£50 if paid in two weeks).

The increase will take effect from 1 April.

Rent and housing

Councillors voted to raise council tenants’ rent by 3 per cent following price freezes over the last two years. This was agreed under a separate housing budget put forward by the Labour administration.

However the increase is not sufficient to fund the council’s affordable house building programme and means that only around 200 new social homes will be built in the next 10 years. In addition, work to retrofit council properties to improve energy efficiency will be scaled-back.

Councillor Kate Campbell, housing spokesperson for the SNP group which proposed a 4.5 per cent rent hike, said the decision “will effectively end house building in Edinburgh and will be catastrophic for the city.”

The budget will mean an end to funding free tram travel for under 22s, which will save the council £2 million this year.

Plans to reintroduce a cycle hire scheme are also scrapped, as £500,000 previously set aside for the reintroduction of rental bikes was cut.

However a proposed phasing-out of the Taxicard scheme which helps people with disabilities get around has been shelved, and the service will be maintained.

Climate Change

The Lib Dem’s budget gives an extra £279,000 for the council’s climate and sustainability team to help meet net zero targets, whilst £2million will be invested in measures to prevent flooding.

The Green group’s decision to block Labour’s plans in the first round of voting came because the Lib Dem budget committed more funding for climate action.

by Donald Turvill, Local Democracy Reporter.

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