Hi-tech and self-help among options for winter response
With some experts predicting another harsh winter ahead, Perth and Kinross Council is finalising how it plans to try to keep disruption to a minimum. (...)
Council Conservative group leader says day care service price rises are an attack on the old
A dramatic rise in the cost of day care services in Perth and Kinross has been slammed as an attack on "the old, the frail and the infirm." (...)
Leuchars base gets official backing of Perth and Kinross Council
The fight to save RAF Leuchars received official backing from Perth and Kinross Council during a debate which threatened to spill over into a political spat on Wednesday. (...)
Council asked to justify spending £1.35 million on IT gear during time of cuts
A "full explanation" has been demanded from cash-strapped Perth and Kinross Council after it emerged over £1 million has been spent since 2008 giving staff laptop computers and mobile phones. (...)
Perth and Kinross Council's decision to protect River Almond bank from further erosion welcomed
Anxious homeowners whose properties were endangered by river erosion during last month's floods have welcomed the intervention of Perth and Kinross Council. (...)
Perth and Kinross winter maintenance fund overspent by £2.7 million
The freezing weather and heavy snow of this winter has forced Perth and Kinross Council to spend more than double its allocated budget. (...)
Weather takes its toll on Perth and Kinross Council budget
The recent spate of freezing weather has taken its toll on Perth and Kinross Council's finances, with its winter maintenance budget already completely spent. (...)
Jeweller Lorraine Law sends council the bill for clearing street
One of Tayside's leading independent retailers has billed Perth and Kinross Council after she was forced to clear the street outside her premises. (...)
Fewer public spending cuts anticipated for Perth and Kinross
Savings of over £20 million will still have to be made by Perth and Kinross Council over the next three years, despite a better-than-expected cash settlement from the Scottish Government that was unveiled last week. (...)
New Perth bridge design public vote
Despite Perth and Kinross Council undergoing its biggest spending review in living memory, its commitment to building a new multi-million pound pedestrian and cycle bridge across the River Tay in Perth is set in "tablets of stone," council leader Ian Miller has insisted. (...)