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At the recent special meeting of Full Council, a report was presented on the rent consultation for 2025/26 and agreement was reached that housing rent would increase by 7%, which is £5.95 a week over 52 weeks.

Residents across Ayrshire and Arran are being asked to be alert to vulnerable adults in their communities who are susceptible to financial harm.

Caroline Barton (Scottish National Party) has been elected to serve as Councillor for Ward 2 (Kilmarnock North) following the local government by-election on Thursday 20 February 2025.

Marion Palmer has been celebrating her centenary in Muirkirk.

The by-election for Ward 2 (Kilmarnock North) takes place this Thursday 20 February. Polling stations will be open from 7am-10pm at NWKLEUS on Kirkton Road and North West Area Centre on Western Road.

Provost Claire Leitch enjoyed a Burns supper in Kilmarnock recently which was organised by East Ayrshire Council’s Local Area Co-ordinators in partnership with The Howff Burns Club, Kilmarnock and The Howard Centre. 

Moves to create a proposed National Park in the South West of Scotland got conditional endorsement from East Ayrshire Councillors  as they agreed their submission to the National Park Consultation at their Cabinet meeting this week.

Some of our online services will be down for essential maintenance on Saturday 8 February from 8am.

Postal votes for the by-election in Ward 2 (Kilmarnock North) will be arriving through letterboxes soon.

Nearly 240 local young people have now benefitted from training and support, enabling and equipping them with the skills required to access full time jobs across the local area thanks to East Ayrshire Council’s Jobs and Training Fund – exceeding all expectations at the outset of the programme.

East Ayrshire Council’s Cabinet agreed this week to approve a 10-year lease of Fenwick’s King George V playing field to Fenwick Community Initiatives under the Community Asset Transfer framework.

Local pupils helped to remember those who were involved in all aspects of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides as part of an event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.