Councillors have signed off on plans to demolish two Edinburgh tower blocks after costs for proposed renovation works spiralled.

The go-ahead was given at Tuesday’s housing committee meeting, with the plans to demolish Oxcars Court and Inchmickery Court in Muirhouse first announced in September.

Housing convener and Labour councillor Tim Pogson said: “It seems that this is work that is quite well advanced in any event, in terms of the decant strategies and the progress on those.

“There has been now a significant change of strategy due to the market and the commissioning responses that have been received.

“It seems to be a pretty well supported proposal in general by most groups, who are content to see this progress.”

If they had been able to go ahead, the renovation works would ha

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