The optimistic presentation of the city council’s latest Edinburgh by Numbers report reflected higher-than-average pay (median hourly rate £17.70), halved unemployment (down from 6.2 per cent in 2014 to 2.6 per cent last year) and 81.2 percent of 16 to 64-year-olds in a job, half of which are highly-skilled. It’s undeniably positive. The front page reminded me of an edition we produced at the end of June 2007 to mark what we declared was “Good News Day” because there was so much to celebrate.... Read this story
