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Telephone numbers
Business rates 0131 608 1133
Benefits 0131 608 1111
Council emergency number 0131 200 2000. Available 24 hours, 7 days a week. If you call the number during office hours and your call isn’t an emergency, you will be directed to a menu of options.
Council tax 0131 608 1111
Customer care 0131 200 2300
Debt recovery 0131 529 7178
Environmental 0131 608 1100
Registration service 0131 529 2600
Repairs direct 0131 200 2345
Roads and Clarence 0800 23 23 23
Street lights and Roads 0131 200 2000 option 6, 0131 608 1100
Social care direct 0131 200 2324
Scottish Welfare Fund 0131 529 5299
Special uplifts 0131 608 1100
Waste 0131 608 1100