In part one of our series, it's all about the city of discovery. We put your questions to Dundee candidates and councillors to help inform you before the May 5 vote. Courier political editor Derek Healey spoke to SNP councillor John Alexander; Alan Ross for Alba; Fraser Macpherson for the Liberal Democrats; Derek Scott for the Conservatives; Richard McCready for Labour; and Tanya Jones for the Greens.

There was a near inevitable clash over the role of independence in this election. We dug into an astonishing row over previous comments from an SNP candidate, and we looked at how local projects such as the Olympia pool may have damaged trust.

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