‘Love Dundee, hate cuts’ – Valentine’s Day plea to council for U-turn on £8m budget cull
Anti-cuts campaigners are swapping Cupid’s arrow for warning stanzas this Valentine’s Day.
John Alexander
Dundee folk face 3% council tax rise AND charges for having their bins emptied
Dundee residents will be asked to fork out £35 a year to have their brown bins emptied.
Dundee council has ‘no concerns’ as boom sees city Airbnb lets rise by 400%
The number of Airbnb-style lets in Dundee has grown by 400% in under three years, figures have shown.
AXE THE SHOWER TAX: Legal probe as blind OAP demands £4k+ refund from Dundee council
The family members of a blind pensioner who has paid thousands of pounds in so-called shower tax are demanding their money back.
Dundee council leader reveals budget priorities but admits ‘there will be services we can’t provide’
Protecting social services and education in the face of almost £20 million worth of cuts is the priority for city politicians ahead of this month’s crunch budget meeting.
Dundee councillors ‘bulldozed’ through shower tax ‘despite housing officer protests’
Plans to introduce an indefinite charge on residents who had showers installed at their properties were “bulldozed” through despite protests by housing officers, it has been claimed.
Leader John Alexander says it was TENANTS who opted for a shower tax – NOT Dundee council
Dundee City Council leader John Alexander has responded to calls to abolish the shower service charge.
AXE THE SHOWER TAX: Dundee council ‘pockets £6 million’ from hated weekly charge
Dundee City Council may have pocketed as much as £6 million from charging residents up to £10 a week for having a shower.
Dundee council leader in talks with Scottish Government after McGill administration blow
Dundee City Council leader John Alexander says he is "absolutely gutted" after city contractor McGill went into administration.
Fury as blind Dundee OAP, 90, charged £4,000 just to use her OWN shower
A Dundee pensioner claims she has spent thousands of pounds just to use a shower in her home.
Dundee flushed with success as city TOILETS labelled ‘cultural gems’ of international renown
Dundee is flush with many cultural gems – museums, art galleries, performing art centres and scores of sculptures.
It’s overwhelming – Tele readers do NOT want to pay more council tax to help Dundee council save £18m
Tele readers have overwhemingly rejected an increase in their council tax to make local authority savings.
POLL: Would you willingly pay more council tax to help Dundee council save £18m?
Councillors are preparing for another year of big decisions in 2019 – with the council expected to have to find savings of up to £18 million when it sets its budget set next month.
Leader John Alexander says Dundee council has to make cuts of £18m
John Alexander has admitted cost-cutting to the tune of £18 million will be required to balance the books at Dundee City Council.
POLL: Could the planned 39-storey Waterfront skyscraper be good for Dundee?
Last week, a vision was revealed for a 39-storey skyscraper at Dundee Waterfront, which – if built – would become Scotland’s tallest building, including a five-star hotel, conference centre and apartments.
Dundee council leader hopes to land £1.8bn decommissioning contract
A “significant” announcement on the future of Dundee’s offshore decommissioning and renewables sector is in the pipeline for next year.
‘This is a terrific resource’: new cancer centre opens in Dundee
A new Macmillan Community Hub has opened in Ardler.
Calls for 24/7 drop-in service to help Dundonians tackling mental health issues
The final recommendations of a commission set up to tackle poverty and deprivation in Dundee have been published for the first time.
Dundee council leader ‘won’t waste a single minute’ in fight to secure Michelin site
The leader of Dundee City Council is to spend the next few days “making a case” to persuade Michelin to keep a foothold in the city.
Dundee council leader on Michelin: ‘It’s not over. This is not the end of the road’
Converting the Michelin factory to provide small-scale tyre production alongside research and development could be one way to preserve the company’s presence in Dundee, the leader of the city council has suggested.