Fife Council Labour leader is urging people to report all road defects in a drive to reduce the amount of damage being done to cars and limit the risks associated with potholes. Alex Rowley has written to Fife road bosses urging that immediate action is taken to address the condition of one of the main […]
Alex Rowley says there now needs to be a discussion within every community about how we meet the challenges that come with changing demographics – the 75+ population in Fife is due to increase by 20.4% by 2014 and increase by 64.3% by 2024. “The growing and changing needs around health and social care are […]
An announcement that the Adam Smith College is to pull out of its college@Kelty has brought anger to the village of Kelty where learners and the local councillor are pledging to fight to retain the facility. Alex Rowley has now written to Adam Smith College Principal Mr Craig Thomson seeking a meeting to discuss the […]
The row over the issue of dog fouling has continued with Lochs councillor Alex Rowley asking the public to report any instances to the council offices or by phoning the contact centre. He told the Times; “Sadly the SNP councillors in this area refused to discuss the concerns around the this issue at the last […]
Fife Labour leader Alex Rowley is calling on the MOD to provide ‘much needed clarity’ about their intentions for the deployment of Army personnel to both Leuchars and Rosyth in Fife . As uncertainty grows around the MOD proposals following the news that the total strength of the Army will fall by a further 12,000 […]
Ed Balls MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, comments on the Bank of England’s decision on a further £75 billion of quantitative easing: With our economy stagnated since last autumn David Cameron and George Osborne are now betting on a bail out from the Bank of England. The Government’s reckless policy of cutting spending and raising taxes […]
Colleges across Scotland are a lifeline for many. And supporting those to achieve better not only benefits them but benefits us all. Further education colleges are the signal of hope for many. Students, society and Scotland will only prosper, and our people will only succeed if they are well- educated. They need new skills […]
Those who seek to defend the decision of Fife ’s SNP councillors to privatise all ten council residential care homes are quick to say that Labour closed homes in the past. I would like to put the record straight and say why privatising the entire council care home provision is as wrong today as it […]
Kelty Community Council is asking for volunteers to join them in enhancing the greening aspects of the village. The group has met with council officials and local councillor, Alex Rowley, to agree a way forward for improving and enhancing the planting and landscape around the village. Alex said: “The Community Council greening group do a great […]
Lochs councilor Alex Rowley is demanding action to address overgrown hedges in Kelty that are stopping people from using well used paths. Mr Rowley has sent a photo of the overgrown hedge on the busy pathway leading from North Drum Road to Centre Street to council managers in order to highlight the lack of maintenance. He […]