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The 2022 Scotland bin strike was a labour strike by bin workers across Scotland. The workers, represented by the GMB were striking for a pay rise to match that being given to local government workers in the rest of the UK. [1] The strikes began in Edinburgh but spread to other parts of Scotland, affecting 20 of Scotland's 32 council areas. [2] [3]
Elections to Fife Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections.As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.
The 2022 Scottish local elections were held on 5 May 2022, as part of the 2022 United Kingdom local elections. All 1,226 seats across all 32 Scottish local authorities were up for election and voter turnout was 44.8%.
A three-week bin collection cycle could be introduced in Shropshire as part of the authority's plans to save £1m of its £23m target from its budget in the next financial year.
A Provost of Fife is elected from among the councillors every five years, who chairs the full council meetings and acts as ceremonial head of the council. [4] The current Provost is former football manager Jim Leishman MBE , who was first elected to the post in May 2012 and subsequently re-elected in 2017 and 2022. [ 5 ]
Binnend, also known as Binnend Village and The Binn, is an abandoned industrial village located two miles north of Burntisland in Fife. [2] It was established in the late 1870s to house workers at the nearby shale oil extraction works.
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[7] [8] The building ceased to be a seat of government after the district council was abolished in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. [9] Since then, the building has served as the home of the local area committee of Fife Council, [10] as a venue for marriages and civil partnerships [11] and as the local registration ...