Important announcement

Due to operational issues we have had to suspend our food waste collection service for a number of streets in Milngavie and Bishopbriggs today.

If your food waste bin is not collected today, please take in your bin and present on the next collection day, Friday 14 November.

Brown and blue collections in a small number of streets in the Bishopbriggs and Kirkintilloch area are also affected. If your brown and blue bins has not been emptied today, please leave it on the kerbside for collection and it will be collected by the service at the earliest opportunity.

Our teams will be working hard to minimise the impact, and we apologise for any inconvenience caused.

See list of streets affected.

MyEDC

    Technical Notes 2023, Issue 77 - Voter Identification – Response from UK Government

    • Report by:

      Gerry Cornes, Chief Executive

    • TN Number:

      077-23

    • Subject:

      Voter Identification – Response from UK Government

    • Responsible Officer:

      Gerry Cornes, Chief Executive

    • Publication:

      This Technical Note will be published on the Council’s website following circulation to Members. Its contents may be disclosed or shared outwith the Council.

    Section


    At its meeting on 9 March 2023 East Dunbartonshire Council resolved as follows:-

    Council instructs the Chief Executive to write to the United Kingdom Government expressing:

    1. our opposition to the plans for mandatory voter ID, which will disproportionately impact on younger voters and vulnerable people, who are less likely to have the necessary documentation;
    2. our disappointment, in particular, at the exclusion of student ID cards from the list of approved ID;
    3. our concerns that the new requirements will result in voter confusion, additional bureaucracy and costs, and will negatively affect the administration of elections; and
    4. our belief that these measures are disproportionate in light of the lack of evidence of any significant risks to the integrity of in-person voting.

    A copy of the response from the United Kingdom Government is attached for Members’ information.

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