We are all shamed by Scotland’s poor health record. But we are even more shamed by the wide inequalities in health caused by socioeconomic differences. Inequalities that see our poorest, most disadvantaged bearing the greatest burden and suffering the most. Inequalities that manifest as unjust differences in life expectancy (how long we live) Inequalities observed […]
Bedroom Tax On the evening I was elected to the Scottish Parliament I highlighted the bedroom tax as a key priority that I would fight to get rid of. I did so because I believe this legislation is inhumane in that it attacks people on the basis of their income. If you are a couple and you […]
Presiding Officer, in moving this motion tonight I am asking that the Scottish Government make the funding available that will create a rail halt at the Halbeath Park and Choose which is situated in my constituency at Crossgates and is accessible for people in Fife and much further afield. A rail halt at Halbeath would […]
Alex Rowley MSP has pledged to help ensure that all people living with MS in Scotland have better access to treatments, regardless of where they live. This comes as the MS Society revealed that people with MS often face significant barriers in accessing licensed treatments, the information to decide what is right for them and […]
Today I Spoke about an alternative vision for Scotland future, a radical Labour future. I described my dismay at the SNP’s unwillingness to use the powers that we have under devolution to build a fairer more prosperous Scotland. I made it clear that Independence is a constitutional change and that it is strong policy and […]
The Rosyth Garden City Dockyard and Great War Exhibition being hosted at the church halls in Queensferry Road is open all week and finishes on Saturday. The project received £5,100 from the heritage lottery fund and has involved all four local primary schools who have entered a number of pieces of work into the exhibition […]
A Fife MSP is pushing for more training and skills opportunities for Fifers to be able to access work in the oil and gas sector of the Scottish Economy. Alex Rowley raised the issue of a national training strategy for oil and gas in the Scottish Parliament with Cabinet Secretary John Swinney stating that […]
Cardenden and District Local History Group have teamed up with the Forestry Commission and the Coal Fields Regeneration Trust to preserve and promote local walks in the Cardenden area and this week joined with the local community, the local MSP and councillors to launch new guide leaflets setting out the routes, history and nature of […]
Today I spoke in a debate regarding the housing Scotland bill which is making its way through parliament. Although the bill contains many provisions which I support, I made it clear to the government that I believe the most important challenge we face in housing is the lack of appropriate and affordable houses in […]
Scottish Labour’s pensions spokesperson, Gregg McClymont MP, today commented on further warnings from the Institute of Faculty of Actuaries as to the risks that Independence will bring to the pensions of people in Scotland. Mr McClymont highlighted some of the arguments which Gordon Brown MP also made to an audience at Glasgow university on Tuesday night where he outlined pensions as one of the […]