Edinburgh has little clout at COSLA

Busy morning at the Council where the new Economic Development team are strutting their stuff - both Dave Anderson and Greg Ward are now in place and I hope this is the start of some good things to come.
We start with a discussion on a vision for Edinburgh - it's all very well being at the heart of a city/region plan but we need to know where we want Edinburgh to be in 5 years time. I am pleased the committee accepted my request to hold an away-day where, in a more informal setting, we might be able to lay 'party' considerations aside to debate the next step change for our great capital.
Then on to a discussion about the divi-up of Scottish Enterprise's national community regeneration budget following its restructuring ordered by the Scottish Government. I am frankly horrified to discover Edinburgh has so little clout at COSLA that we have let a £25 million budget be grabbed almost lock, stock and barrel for 4 regeneration companies and streetscape work in Glasgow, leaving a miniscule £2 m to be spilt between the rest of Scotland.

Tom Buchanan tried hard to rescue the Administration from the reality of this incredible failure by asking for a strategic report on streetscape work for Edinburgh and how we can persuade the Scottish Government to fund it...but if it's anything like schools we've a dog's chance and none.