Cowdenbeath constituency MSP Alex Rowley joined with Cllr Bob Young Fife Councils representative on the Scottish Coal Taskforce on a visit to St Ninians opencast mine near Kelty this week to meet with representatives of Hargreaves Surface Mining to discuss progress on the restoration of the St Ninians Mine and the Muirdean Mine at Crossgates. […]
Gordon Brown MP puts his passionate, simple, evidence based, argument for why Scotland should lead Britain and not leave Britain to an audience of local people in Lochgelly Town Hall.
The Joseph Rowntree foundation today released the findings of its investigation in to poverty and employment in Scotland The report highlights a number of issues such as unemployment, low pay, a high cost of living and a reduction in hours worked as factors which contribute to poverty. The report also however highlights that thanks to measures introduced at a UK wide level, such as […]
Kelty and Blairadam Pipe Band is growing in numbers and is now one of the top Novice Juvenile Pipe Band in the country. The young band has been built up in only a few years and is travelling to Belfast in order to compete in the UK Championships. The Band recently gained a first […]
The Report from the European and External Relations Committee on the Scottish Governments proposals for an independent Scotland: membership of the European Union. I spoke in the debate on the report brought forward from the above committee. Below is what I said in the introduction to the debate and in the concluding comments. The whole […]
The Scottish Labour party is committed to fairness and value for money in the rental market. Reforming the private rental market is absolutely crucial, after figures showed over £430 million in housing benefit is paid in the private rented sector in Scotland. Nearly 100,000 privately rented households in Scotland are in receipt of housing benefit, […]
LAST week a motion was put to parliament proposing that the parliament had no confidence in the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, Alex Neil. This motion came as a result of his failure to disclose his involvement in the decision to reverse the planned closure of mental health services at Monklands Hospital; a decision […]
Today I spoke in the debate regarding the local government committee’s Inquiry into the Delivery of Regeneration in Scotland. I stated my belief that tackling poverty and regenerating in our communities will only be achieved if we invest in education, skills and jobs. I also stated that although there are many useful projects undertaken […]
Today I joined with Cllr Linda Erskine and the legendary Willie Johnston at Moorside Park Dundonald to watch a brilliant afternoon of football in the Willie Johnston Village Competition organised by the Cardenden Events Group. Over 70 people took part representing local bars in the area and the winning team for the second year was […]
MSP for the Cowdenbeath Constituency Alex Rowley met up this week with apprentices at Bridgeforth Engineering Inverkeithing and heard first hand their experiences of leaving school, getting an apprenticeship, attending college and progressing with their careers. Bridgeforth Engineering is a business which has been at the cutting edge of precision engineering for the oil and […]