Scottish Youth Parliament members take their campaign for a Fair Wage to Fife Council Fife Labour has proposed in its draft budget to introduce the ‘Living Wage’ for all Council employees. This will result in 2,000 workers receiving an increase in their wage bringing them up to £7.50 an hour. We do so because […]
NEW HOUSES WELCOMED A housing development which will bring 31 new houses into the rented market has been hailed as ‘innovative’ and ‘much welcomed’ by Fife Council leader Alex Rowley and Cowdenbeath Area chair Willie Clarke. Both councillors met with Kevin Sharp, director of Sharp Homes, who, in partnership with Ore Valley Housing Association, […]
It was a great honour for me to be re-elected for the Lochs ward to serve on Fife Council. The ward starts from the west in Kingseat and takes in the villages of Kelty, Ballingry, Lochore, Crosshill and Glencraig as well as a large rural area around Loch Fitty, Loch Glow, Gask and […]
I was in Kirkcaldy and joined with hundreds of people to welcome The Black Watch back from Helmand in Afghanistan at their Homecoming Parade. Thankfully, this latest tour did not have any fatalities but there were soldiers injured and our thoughts and prayers remain with them. As I watched the parade and applauded the […]
Alex Rowley, Fife Labour Leader, has visited Dalgety Bay to reassure residents in the wake of radiation reports and worrying coverage in the media. He has spoken with community council leader, Colin McPhail, to ensure movement forward of a solution to the increasing number of particles found. He has urged Fife Council’s SNP-LibDem administration to […]
Fife Council Opposition leader Alex Rowley is calling for the authority’s Education Committee to go to St Andrews to view the proposed sites for a replacement Madras College and to meet with the school community and wider St Andrews community to discuss the options. Mr Rowley, Fife’s Labour Leader, has also described the way the […]
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