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The Latest Breaking News from Perth and Kinross Council

Perth and Kinross schools remain open as national teacher strikes paused to consider improved pay offer

Faculty members at schools in MSP John Swinney’s Perthshire North constituency were set to walkout over March 7-9

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Perth Leisure Pool and Dewars Centre could close due to high energy costs

Live Active Leisure's board of directors will meet this month to decide how best to tackle "significant" financial challenges

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Calls for Scottish Government to overturn decision to halt new slip road plans on Perthshire A9

Perth and Kinross Council’s planning committee backed a recommendation from officials last November to refuse a joint application from Muir Homes and Stewart Milne Homes to make the changes at Auchterarder

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Blairgowrie Recreation Centre plans back on track but Perth pool plans paused due to rising costs

Perth and Kinross Council's SNP administration has pledged to fund the new facility and have it built "as soon as possible"

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Council tax in Perth and Kinross to increase by 3.9 per cent

The council tax increase is understood to be currently the lowest approved in mainland Scotland

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Reinvest teacher strike savings John Swinney tells Perth and Kinross Council as parents voice concern

The saving to Perth and Kinross Council of from eight days of school closures in February and March triggered by teachers striking should go towards study hubs to help those sitting SQA exams advises Perthshire North MSP John Swinney in a response he made to concerned parents.

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Perth and Kinross Council agrees to stop buying Chinese surveillance cameras after security risk warning

The local authority was made aware of issues around the Hikvision tech via a security briefing

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Around 200 potential job losses at Perth and Kinross Council

The scale of the financial challenge facing PKC means councillors will have difficult choices to make when setting the council's budget on Wednesday

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John Swinney calls for industrial action in schools to be called off

Schools in John Swinney's constituency are set to close on Wednesday for three days as part of targeted strikes

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Wood burning stove complaints discussed at Perth and Kinross Council meeting

Perth and Kinross Council often receives complaints about smoke from stoves which have been poorly fitted, maintained or operated

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Perth resident unveils business plan to save harbour from closure and develop sustainable community-owned site

Last week Perth and Kinross councillors voted to close the council-owned harbour as a commercial port but left the door open for "serious and viable" offers to lease it

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Council calls for "adequate" funding following Scottish Government's sanctions threat

Cabinet secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville threatened councils with financial sanctions if they did not deliver on three specific education aims

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Perth and Kinross generated 117,692 tonnes of general waste from 2020 to 2022

Perth and Kinross Council is seeking to improve its recycling rates and will introduce separate paper/card and plastic/metal/carton collections in 2023

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Council saved £245,000 on wages from one day of teacher strike action

Perth and Kinross councillors were uneasy at council capitalising on the industrial action of teachers and called for the money to be spent fairly

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Scots benefits scammer jailed after taking £30,000 taxpayer cash

Graeme Dewar pretended he was living alone for years despite having a common law wife he operated joint bank accounts with.

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Scottish man wins neighbour war over 40ft trees that made his life 'a misery'

Ker Hamilton, from Perthshire, went to the local council to push for his neighbour William Buchan to chop down 40ft trees after claiming they were making his life a misery.

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Scots man wins battle to have neighbour's 40ft trees chopped down

Ker Hamilton said trees belonging to William Buchan in Balgowan, Perthshire, were making his life a misery.

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Family living at unrepaired damp Perth flat call for action

A couple with a toddler are living in overcrowded and damp conditions in Perth.

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Councillors approve installation of £2.4 million Gypsy/Traveller site on Perth outskirts

The site - managed by PKC - will accommodate up to 10 caravans and provide showers, toilets, a kitchen, an office and bins

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Pitlochry and Moulin Community Council folds

A community council by-election will need be arranged to rebuild the core community volunteer group in Pitlochry after four of the five members resigned.

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Perth and Kinross councillors vote to increase tenants' rent by 2.2 per cent

The rise was the lowest of three options put forward and the one most favoured by tenants who took part in a survey

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Perth and Kinross Council to save thousands of pounds by slashing number of flags flown outside headquarters

The number flown will go from 27 down to just three following complaints about their poor condition

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Scottish Fire and Rescue Service reviewing similar premises in the area following fatal Perth hotel fire

Police Scotland is also continuing to offer support to families affected by the blaze at the New County Hotel

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Pole in the middle of new pathway laid by Perth and Kinross Council

A new walkway at Gourdie Hill between Grange and Errol in Perthshire has a telegraph pole smack in the middle of the path leading to bemusement and complaints from concerned residents.

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Council tenants in Perth and Kinross set to be hit by rent increases as financial pressures grow

A 2.2 per cent rise for 2023/24 is being recommended following a consultation

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