Since joining the Evening Express as a political reporter in June 2010, I’ve dived straight into covering Aberdeen City Council. It’s been a hectic 10 months at a time when the whole of the public sector faces reducing budgets and politicians of all stripes seem ever more unpopular.
There have been running stories about cuts, especially since the change of Government in Westminster.
Exclusive access to the cuts plan and all day team effort left us with a nine page special on the cuts plan.
I interviewed the outgoing chief executive and exclusively revealed the name of the new one.
Following a major row between the administration partners I exclusively interviewed the key figures on all sides.
And I’ve also covered wider politics in Scotland, looking at the impact of the Coalition Government’s budget and the decisions by Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney.
