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		<title>Council gives the go-ahead for University New College project</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2026/01/council-gives-the-go-ahead-for-university-new-college-project/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Major plans by the University of St Andrews to redevelop one of the most significant sites in the town have been given the green light. Today (Wednesday 14 January 2026) Fife Council approved a £142 million plan to renovate the former Madras College school building in South Street and construct new buildings on the site. Once &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2026/01/council-gives-the-go-ahead-for-university-new-college-project/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Council gives the go-ahead for University New College project"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Councillors reject officials recommendation on holiday lets</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2026/01/councillors-reject-officials-recommendation-on-holiday-lets/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fife Cabinet Committee]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[At its meeting on the 8th January, Fife Council&#8217;s Cabinet Committee rejected a report by council officials recommending against the implementation of short-term let control areas (STLCAs) on the grounds that STLs have a limited impact on housing compared to other types of properties, such as HMOs and second homes, and a fear that their &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2026/01/councillors-reject-officials-recommendation-on-holiday-lets/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Councillors reject officials recommendation on holiday lets"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Residents association slams council report on regulating holiday lets</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2026/01/residents-association-slams-council-report-on-regulating-holiday-lets/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The recommendation to the Fife Council Cabinet Committee to ignore the problems caused by increasing short term lets, such as AirBnb in St Andrews and the East Neuk has been met with disbelief by the Confederation of St Andrews Residents Association (CSARA). Chair of CSARA David Middleton has criticised the report going to the committee on 8th January &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2026/01/residents-association-slams-council-report-on-regulating-holiday-lets/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Residents association slams council report on regulating holiday lets"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council consults on Airbnb type short-term lets</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2025/08/council-consults-on-airbnb-type-short-term-lets/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2025 14:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fife Council has launched a consultation on short-term lets which ends on 8th September. The questionnaire seeks views on whether to establish control areas for this type of accommodation which overwhelmingly is located in the mainline housing stock. World-wide, short-term let websites, of which airbnb is the best known, advertise holiday accommodation in areas attractive &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2025/08/council-consults-on-airbnb-type-short-term-lets/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Council consults on Airbnb type short-term lets"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rector Stella Maris sacked by University Court</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 20:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[St Andrews University Rector, Stella Maris has been dismissed as President of the University Court. Chair of the University Court, Mr Ray Penman, announced the decision via an email sent to both students and University Staff on the 1st August. In the email Mr Penman stated: “The Rector has been discharged because she has repeatedly &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/08/rector-stella-maris-sacked-by-university-court/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Rector Stella Maris sacked by University Court"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wendy Chamberlain Elected</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/07/wendy-chamberlain-elected/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2024 11:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[boundary changes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[On 4th July Wendy Chamberlain was re-elected MP for NE Fife with more than 50% of the vote. Technically this counts as a gain from the SNP because of changes to the constituency boundaries after Bonnybank, Kennoway and Balcurvie moved from the Glenrothes constituency to the NE Fife constituency under Boundary Commission changes in 2023.]]></description>
		
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		<title>General Election NE Fife &#8211; Candidates and Manifestos</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/07/general-election-ne-fife-candidates-and-manifestose/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Bowman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Gallagher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Wren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morven Ovenstone-Jones]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[ Bill Bowman, Conservative Scottish Conservatives Manifesto for Scotland  Wendy Chamberlain, Liberal Democrat Scottish Liberal Democrats Manifesto for Scotland Jennifer Gallagher, Labour Scottish Labour Party Manifesto for Scotland Stefan Hoggan-Radu, Scottish National Party SNP UK manifesto website Morven Ovenstone-Jones, Green Party Green Party UK manifesto website Matthew Wren, Reform UK Reform UK manifesto website]]></description>
		
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		<title>Labour form a minority administration on Fife Council.</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/05/labour-form-a-minority-administration-on-fife-council/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2022 11:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[councillor david alexander]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Despite only winning 20 seats at May&#8217;s local elections compared to the SNP&#8217;s 34, the party gained the support of both the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives to take control. A vote of all 75 councillors resulted in 41 councillors opting for the Labour-led minority administration compared to 34 for an SNP-run council. Labour has &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/05/labour-form-a-minority-administration-on-fife-council/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Labour form a minority administration on Fife Council."</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Labour lose one, Lib Dems gain one</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/05/labour-lose-one-lib-dems-gain-one/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2022 10:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Clark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cllr Jane Ann Liston]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the St Andrews multi-councillor ward, Scottish Labour lost the seat previously held by Brian Thomson which went to the Scottish Liberal Democrats. Responding to her loss Rosalind Garton, the Labour candidate said&#8221; It is a real disappointment that a Scottish Labour Party councillor will not continue with Brian Thomson&#8217;s valuable work. He was very &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/05/labour-lose-one-lib-dems-gain-one/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Labour lose one, Lib Dems gain one"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Climate and social justice central to Green Party manifesto</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/04/climate-and-social-justice-central-to-green-party-manifesto/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2022 13:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[council elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fergus Cook]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Scottish Green party is to focus on climate and social justice in its campaign for May&#8217;s council elections. The party said its councillors would &#8220;consider the climate emergency in every local action and decision&#8221;. The Greens St Andrews ward candidate  is Fergus Cook: Manifesto pledges include increasing bus and ferry services, implementing rent controls &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/04/climate-and-social-justice-central-to-green-party-manifesto/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Climate and social justice central to Green Party manifesto"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8221; Ambitious and deliverable&#8221; SNP manifesto</title>
		<link>https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/04/ambitious-and-deliverable-snp-manifesto/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2022 12:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ann Verner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Alexancer]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[SNP has launched its ‘ambitious deliverable’ manifesto for Fife ahead of May 5th council election,  highlighting its commitment to recovery and renewal which sits at the heart of its five-year plan.David Alexander, SNP group leader, said his party was putting forward policies that would help the Kingdom’s recovery and renewal &#8211; and “make life better for the &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="https://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/04/ambitious-and-deliverable-snp-manifesto/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "&#8221; Ambitious and deliverable&#8221; SNP manifesto"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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