Three West Fife women performed a “thought-provoking and provocative” social piece about life in Inverkeithing’s Fraser Avenue at the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday night and met with Scottish Labour leader kezia dugdale to discuss the initiative and how much they have overcome to develop the performance. Mary Thomson , Heather Kernachan and Muriel Houston who come from […]
The quiet compassion of people across Scotland, and the wider UK, has become disgust and shame as we have watched children and families suffering as they seek to flee the chaos in the Middle East, looking for sanctuary in Europe. There is growing anger that our government refuses to offer a safe home for refugees. […]
This years Lochgelly gala was a massive success with many children taking part in the parade and the fancy dress. It was great to see so many of the residents in the town turn out in such high numbers for the parade and indeed the brilliant day that followed in the Public Park. What was […]
Alex Rowley MSP has used a visit to Lochgelly High School in his Fife constituency to highlight the need for schools to build employability into the core curriculum and develop much closer working partnerships with employers and colleges. The Scottish Labour deputy leader said that too many young people are not gaining enough appropriate skills […]
On the United Nation’s International Youth Day 2015, MSP and Labour Deputy Leader candidate Alex Rowley has called for his party to unite against the devastating cuts targeting young people in Scotland. He said: “Young people are getting a raw deal from the Tory government. Their attacks on the young are wrong and I vow […]
Over the past 18 months I have raised issue after issue with NHS Fife on behalf of constituents who have not received the care and support that is expected from our National Health Service. I have also been made aware of many concerns from staff within the NHS who are working long hours, often in […]
Local MSP Alex Rowley and his constituency team have been carrying out street surgeries in Cardenden this week meeting local people and discussing the issues in the local villages. Mr Rowley has now written to Fife Council Parks managers asking to meet them for a walk about to look […]
The new Sports and Community Centre in Kelty has come a step closer to completion this week with the grounds works starting for the new 3G playing surface that is part of the overall project. On a visit to the site MSP Alex Rowley heard that work […]
The closure of Cowdenbeath depot is disappointing and I know the unions have tried hard to negotiate alternatives that would have seen the depot remain open. Stagecoach are now making changes to many routes across Fife which they describe as minimal but it is not clear what the impact will be and this will need […]
The introduction of tax credits by the last Labour government resulted in millions of people being lifted out of poverty and played a major part in one of the biggest improvements in poverty alleviation seen in Britain since the war. Read more about Welfare cuts will not work …