Living Wage for care workers Alex Rowley MSP visited a care home in his Cowdenbeath constituency this week to highlight the need for the introduction of the ‘living wage’ for workers across the care sector in Fife and Scotland. The Scottish Labour deputy leader said that there is a ‘crisis’ developing in care across Scotland […]
Steps are being taken to address the issue of a stench facing drivers as they cross the forth into Fife. This was the message from Scottish Water this week when they met with local MSP Alex Rowley who has been raising the issues of odour coming from the sewage plant that sits alongside the River […]
In the week where the BBC reported a record number of adults and children relied upon food banks in Scotland in December, I came across a group of children in Cowdenbeath who put aside fundraising for their Christmas activities to instead collect food for the local food bank. The Trussell Trust who runs food banks […]
Scotland in the world This week domestic politics have taken a back seat as people across the constituency and country express their condolences with those who have lost their lives and been injured in the attacks in Paris. We also saw a few days’ earlier horrendous suicide bombings in Beirut and before that, the plane […]
The Parliament will have more welfare powers and in the debate that took place the convenor of the committee Hugh Henry set out the issues as the committee saw them. Principles One of the issues that has occupied us, and indeed many stakeholders in the field, is upon what principles should be new Social Security […]
TSB Cowdenbeath has this week presented its Local Charity Partner, Fife Young Carers, with a cheque for £1,261.68 to support the charity’s work in the local area. The money raised comes from four TSB branches in Fife, Cardenden, Templehall, Lochgelly and Cowdenbeath where TSB Partners and customers held a charity walk down the Fife coastal […]
Today I met with a group of care home workers and discussed with them Scottish Labour’s proposal to introduce the ‘Living Wage’ across the care sector. These workers welcomed this announcement and they made the point to me that recruitment and retention of staff is impacted by the levels of pay and whilst they enjoy […]
Throughout the Cowdenbeath constituency people have gathered this weekend at Services of Remembrances’ and at War Memorials. “With every passing year there are fewer and fewer people who can claim direct contact with the two world wars of the 20th century. Yet millions are touched by the devastation they caused. Remembrance Sunday remains the […]
Local government Trade Unions gathered at Fife Council headquarters in Glenrothes this week to show their support for Fife Council who have said they will refuse to implement the proposed Trade Union Bill which is currently being put through Parliament. The proposals include ending check-off in public services which is where councils and other public […]
Edinburgh Tenants Federation is a voluntary organisation that works to ensure that tenants and residents are able to participate fully in the development and implementation of proposals relating to the social, economic, physical and environmental regeneration of the communities of Edinburgh. They are currently celebrating their 25 th year of standing up for the […]