Trade Union Unite have accused the Royal Bank of Scotland of a serious breach in banking protocols for branch closures and are urging bank executives to stop the closure programme and think again. A call that is supported by Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alex Rowley who says the bank has let down communities […]
Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alex Rowley is urging people to give the NHS feedback on the experience they face in using the health service through submitting responses to the dedicated web site “Care Opinion”. Care Opinion is the UK’s leading independent non-profit feedback platform for health and social care services. The organisation wants […]
A report from Shelter Scotland estimates that almost 6,000 children in Scotland will wake up homeless and in temporary accommodation this Christmas. This is a real tragedy and is why housing must be further up the political agenda with a national house build strategy being a must in 2018. If you add to those […]
Why would any Government in a civilised society continue to roll out a new policy that it knows is going to hurt tens of thousands of people, will drive people into debt and towards relying on charity to feed themselves, and will result in even more people in our country being driven into […]
I was pleased to give my support to the Too Much Information campaign in Parliament this today. In April 2016, The National Autistic Society launched Too Much Information, its biggest ever campaign to increase public understanding of autism. The coinciding report, Too Much Information: why the public needs to understand autism better, revealed that 99.5 […]
Pilot areas named for new food insecurity project in Scotland I was pleased to announce the three areas that will take part in a new project tackling food insecurity at an event at the Scottish Parliament. The project will work intensively with local groups in Dundee, East Ayrshire and Fife. The three areas will […]
All you wanted to know about Local Government Finance but were afraid to ask: Part One – Where the money comes from and where it goes This is the first part of a number of briefings that have been published by the Local Government Information Unit and the Author is George Black, LGiU […]
I would first want to congratulate Lesley Laird who was elected MP for the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency last week and Peter Grant who was elected for the Glenrothes constituency both of which sit in the area covered by the Fife Times. I will work with both on constituency issues and for the improvement […]
This week in Parliament I welcomed the announcement from the BBC on the news of a new BBC Scotland digital channel. It is fantastic to see that this will create an additional 80 journalist posts in Scotland, as well as other jobs in news, radio, television and online services. The BBC is a vital […]
Members of Cardenden Local History Group visited the Scottish Parliament this week and toured the building learning about the short history of the design and uses. The local group have been active with many projects examining the local history and giving talks to local groups and schools as well as hosting exhibitions. The group met […]