Alex constituency work and important updates
***Scottish Labour Deputy Leader Alex Rowley calls for a comprehensive Scottish Anti-Poverty Strategy*** Alex Rowley, Deputy Leader of Scottish Labour, has called for a comprehensive anti-poverty strategy to be undertaken across Scotland. Speaking at a visit to a food bank in Dunfermline, Mr Rowley said: “We must do much more to tackle poverty, inequality […]
Local MSP Alex Rowley joined councillor Mark Hood on a visit to the Fife Football Performance Academy (FFPA) on Friday (2nd Oct) has they moved into their new home at the Lumphinnans sports hub. The FFPA was established last year by Fife Council to develop the potential of young players in Fife. Mr Rowley who […]
The Presiding Officer from Cowdenbeath and the MSP for Cowdenbeath made a joint visit this week to Foulford Primary Schools to meet primary 7 pupils who have been carrying out a project on the history of the Scottish Parliament from the 13th century through to the present day. Trish Marwick the current […]
(Inverkiething students with Alex Rowley on the grand stairs in the Garden Lobby of the Parliament.) A group of 5th and 6th year pupils from Inverkiething High School visited the Scottish Parliament this week, took a tour round the Parliament building and examined how legislation is processed through the Scottish Parliament and how laws are passed. […]
I have this week written to Alex Neil the Health Secretary raising once again my concerns about the ability of NHS Fife to meet the health needs of the people of Fife. I am calling for an independent review of the practice, policy and finance of NHS Fife. I believe there are serious failings within NHS […]
I am supporting the CAB campaign to raise the issues of benefit sanctions through the ‘Challenge It’ campaign. The Tory approach to welfare reform is in my view fundamentally flawed in that it does not recognise the need for support, training, skills and decent paid jobs for those who are physically able to work but […]
Gordon Brown MP puts his passionate, simple, evidence based, argument for why Scotland should lead Britain and not leave Britain to an audience of local people in Lochgelly Town Hall.
Presiding Officer, in moving this motion tonight I am asking that the Scottish Government make the funding available that will create a rail halt at the Halbeath Park and Choose which is situated in my constituency at Crossgates and is accessible for people in Fife and much further afield. A rail halt at Halbeath would […]
Fife Council leader David Ross visited Kelty this week and met up with local MSP Alex Rowley to view the site of the new community and sports centre which is due to start being built in May this year. Mr Rowley had earlier advised Kelty Community Council that the […]
Alex Rowley MSP has stepped up his campaign to get the entrance to the M90 Commerce Park, Lathalmond cleaned up and is calling on the Chief Executive of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to examine the actions to date of SEPA and bring forward a proposal for getting […]