A decision on whether to agree to host the start of the Tour de France has had to be delayed by Edinburgh Council, with organisers yet to provide details of the deal.

Councillors had been expected to vote at a meeting on Thursday on whether to allow the signing of a host city agreement on its receipt by the council.

But in a last-minute move, the item was pulled from the Culture and Communities Committee meeting agenda.

A report by officers had recommended that the committee decide that any agreement would be signed on its receipt by the city, whether or not it had been seen by councillors.

But it is understood that a decision was made to hold off on asking councillors to consider the report, in order to allow for more time for the agreement to be sent.

The SNP group in the council ha

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