The SNP and Labour have reached a deal to sign a coalition agreement to run Edinburgh City Council.

The parties have agreed to work together to lead the local authority following the council elections on May 4.

It will focus on several key areas, including the construction of 20,000 affordable new homes, investment in transport infrastructure, improving waste services and roads maintenance, and the delivery of a City Region Deal.

The coalition will also target educational attainment, building two new secondary schools and ten new primaries by 2021.

The SNP were the largest party following the local authority elections on May 4, taking 19 of the 63 available seats.

The Scottish Conservatives finished just behind them on 18, Labour took 12 seats, while the Greens secured eight and the Liberal Democrats six.

Edinburgh City Council was run by a Labour-SNP coalition in 2012 after the parties took 20 and 18 seats respectively.

Committee conveners will be appointed at a meeting of the council on Thursday, June 22.

Members of the council's planning and regulatory committees, boards and joint boards were appointed at a meeting on May 25.