A proposed tourist tax in Edinburgh is to be set at 5 per cent of accommodation costs, after final details were confirmed.

Edinburgh Council says a ‘tourist tax’ will raise £50m a year by 2030 - but how will the money be raised and who decides how it is spent?

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EDINBURGH is set to become the first council in Scotland to bring in a tourist tax later this month, boosting city coffers by up to £50million. Plans to introduce the charge – worth five per ...

Visitors to Edinburgh are to pay a 5 per cent charge on their accommodation from July next year despite an official ...

Edinburgh council has shared details of security breach so other local authorities can take action, says education secretary ...

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Partnering Scotland’s Golf Coast are Eyemouth, Dunstanburgh Castle, Goswick, and Bamburgh Castle. The Scotland’s Golf Coast ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Emma Knight about debut novel, The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus, which takes on the subjects of motherhood, female friendship and first love.