Edinburgh Labour is coming under increasing pressure from its rank and file to resign from the city council administration, after councillors voted through a budget which crossed 'red lines' on compulsory redundancies.
Local members and activists have accused them of a "failure of leadership" and called on them to step down over a disastrous budget meeting where their spending plans were defeated and a councillor resigned in anger over the process.
In an unexpected turn of events, the minority administration's budget fell at the first hurdle due to tactical voting deployed by Green councillors, which then saw Liberal Democrat proposals approved by 32 votes against 29 for the joint SNP, Green motion at the marathon session at the City Chambers on Thursday (February 23).
