Edinburgh short-term lets: Drop in Airbnb listings 'shows our policy is working' says council

www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com— Edinburgh council has said a drop in Airbnb listings in the Capital suggests its crackdown on short-term lets is working. Officials noted there were around 3,350 fewer whole properties being offered for short-term letting on the booking site at the end of last year compared to 2019. The local authority has introduced new licensing and planning rules in a bid to “manage the number and location of STLs across the city”. Planning convener James Dalgleish said the “end result” of these would...

Raw Story—Ukraine and U.S. working on long-term security agreement, Zelensky says. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said that Kiev and Washington were working on a bilateral security agreement, part of his ongoing effort to ensure his war-torn country receives long-term support. "We are already working on a specific text," said Zelensky in his evening video address. "Our goal is to make this agreement the strongest of all. We are discussing the specific foundations of our security and cooperation. We are also working on fixing specific levels of support for...

TheJournal.ie—Sunak says migrants crossing from Northern Ireland into Republic shows Rwanda plan is working. It comes after Tánaiste Micheál Martin said the UK’s asylum policy is driving migrants across the border from Northern Ireland into the Republic.

dublinlive—Migrants going to Ireland shows UK 'Rwanda plan' is working, says Rishi Sunak. “The deterrent is already having an impact because people are worried about coming here”