The dominant issue overshadowing political debate and decision making in Scotland since 2014 is that of Scotland’s constitutional future. This month’s council elections saw Labour move into second place but I would urge caution to those who believe that we have moved beyond the question of the constitution being the determining factor in the public’s […]
With 25% of Scots already living in fuel poverty and the Scottish Government once again missing their own climate targets, a perfect storm is brewing that requires immediate action in the domestic housing sector. We are doomed to fail on hitting these climate targets if we do not take serious action to reduce household emissions, […]
Please see the below update on air quality monitoring at Mossmorran that has been shared with me from SEPA Changes to SEPA’s air quality monitoring around the Mossmorran Complex In 2019 we confirmed that our air quality monitoring around the Mossmorran Complex would continue throughout the period of investment and the installation of new flare […]
A significant rise in NHS Nursing and Midwifery vacancies as well as a record number of unfulfilled nursing posts across NHS Fife is of great concern. Official statistics published yesterday show NHS Fife is facing 575 vacant nursing and midwifery posts, which is 13% of posts and a record high. Across Scotland nearly 10% of […]
In Scotland between 2015 and 2019 there was a loss of over 1000 acute available beds in our hospitals. Waiting lists in our NHS are now at record levels with 1 in 8 Scots on NHS waiting lists. I am pushing the government to bring forward clear proposals to tackle this – see below
We need to address the immediate crisis in social care by fixing the two-tier workforce that is currently in place with different pay/terms and conditions depending on public or private employers – that should be the immediate focus of the Scottish Government – see my question to the FM here
I have called for the Scottish Government to take action and support introduction of paint recycling options across the country. In a letter to Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, which you can read below, I wrote of the need for the Scottish Government to support local authority initiatives and […]
I have condemned the Scottish Government over their failure to establish a promised national energy company in the wake of the cost-of-living crisis. Speaking in the Scottish Parliament I challenged Angus Robertson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, to explain why the Scottish Government had failed to use powers already available […]
There is going to be a further squeeze on household bills following the news that Scottish Water have announced a 4.2% rise in household water bills across Scotland and as such I have called on the Scottish Government to rethink the rise. The bill rise was announced by the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Net […]
