I recently spoke in a debate in the Scottish Parliament on the devolution of employment services. This topic is becoming increasingly important as we see the effects of austerity push people further and further away from the job market. But, we do have an opportunity to get this right for every person that needs to […]
Alex Rowley Scottish Labour Deputy Leader and MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife has signed up to Shelter Scotland’s Homelessness: Far From Fixed campaign. The campaign has called for a national homelessness strategy to ensure: There is a safe and affordable home for everyone Help is available for everyone to keep or find a […]
Alex Rowley MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife attended the unveiling of a cairn in commemoration of the life of Willie Gallacher Communist MP for West Fife. A cairn was unveiled to celebrate the life of the UK’s longest serving Communist MP in Paisley; the hometown of Willie Gallacher. Willie served two terms in the […]
The number of people using food banks in Scotland has grown by an incredible two thousand percent in the last five years according to figures made available through the Trussell Trust, one of the county’s largest providers of food banks. The numbers of children being supported has also risen from just under 2000 in […]
I would like to start by congratulating all the hard-working campaigners who made their opinions very clear on underground coal gasification (UCG). It is because of the pressure these campaigners raised that the Government has eventually turned their moratorium into a full ban, and I am glad to see that there will be no […]
A project based in Lochgelly is working across Fife to give people support to get a job. This includes training for jobs in specific sectors such as care, construction and health and safety as well as support for CVs, interview skills and accessing web sites for vacancies. The organisation running the project is […]
Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alex Rowley joined with WASPI (Women Against State Pension Inequality) protesters as they held a rally outside Parliament this week. The WASPI campaign was set up to protest against the social injustice of the change in pension age for women born in the 1950’s. The protest aims to bring […]
The cost of feminine hygiene products was highlighted this week in the Scottish Parliament. Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alex Rowley supported a motion after many constituents raised with him the fact that the cost of feminine hygiene products are causing a major financial burden for people with low pay and low incomes. Speaking […]