Members of the community group Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty disrupted the Finance and Resources Committee meeting at the City Chambers on Tuesday 11th November, after the committee agreed to the second phase of the aggressive collection of council tax arrears, which the group argue is unjust. Angry protests from the public benches forced the Councillors to temporarily abandon the City of Edinburgh Council meeting.

This morning Grassmarket locals and their supporters dropped banners from trees within the square in protest of the councils plan to fell them, as part of a proposed gentrification of the area.