Tories' support allows Labour to control capital
Daily Record|May 27, 2022
Ousted Nats slam pro-Union parties
PAUL HUTCHEON
Tories' support allows Labour to control capital

LABOUR have seized control of Edinburgh council after securing the support of the Conservatives.

The alliance of pro-UK parties means the SNP have been turfed out of office.

The SNP and Labour have run the council over the past decade but a national ban on formal coalitions announced by Anas Sarwar last month scuppered another deal.

May's council election result in Edinburgh was inconclusive, with the SNP coming first but no party having a majority.

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