Kinross-shire Day Centre spent the day visiting the Scottish Parliament as guests of local MSP Alex Rowley. The organisation which provides a welcoming, safe and homely atmosphere for elderly members took a day trip to learn about the workings of the Scottish Parliament and their local Mid Scotland and Fife MSP. The Deputy Leader […]
This week I joined with college lecturers in Fife as they undertook another day of action to make the case for college management to honour the deal that was signed more than a year ago. This is not a situation that should be allowed to continue as it is damaging to staff morale and […]
Last week I raised with the First Minster a report published by Age Scotland that showed around 8,680 people in Scotland wait longer than six weeks for a care assessment and that potentially 8,550 older people may have waited longer than the maximum waiting period for a care package to be put in place […]
This week I spoke in the Scottish Parliament in a member’s debate brought forward by my colleague Neil Findlay MSP. Mr Findlay had table the following motion for debate: Motion S5M-04708: Neil Findlay, Lothian, Scottish Labour, Date Lodged: 20/03/2017 Flawed Airport Consultation That the Parliament notes what it sees as the growing concerns about […]
This week in the Scottish Parliament the Air Departure Tax Bill had its Stage One reading. I am supporting the draft Bill at Stage One as it is an enabling Bill to give the parliament devolved powers over Air Passenger Duty as was agreed through the Smith Commission on further powers for Scotland. However, […]
The Tories brought about Brexit in order to try and sort out their own internal rows over Europe and deal with the UKIP threat to their vote. The Tories have created wider inequality and deeper poverty across our country since taking power in 2010. A Tory hard-brexit is a threat to workers wages, […]
Glenrothes Strollers is an award winning community football club and local charity. In 2011 we were recognised by the Scottish FA, Sports Scotland, The Sunday Mail and MacDonalds as the BEST Community Football Club in Scotland. The club has many teams of all ages up to amiture with over 500 young people of all ages […]