A mixed provision of care for the elderly must be maintained in Fife and the SNP attempts to shut down the council homes must be stopped. This was the message from Fife Labour this week as SNP councillors voted through a report giving the Executive Director of Social Work the authority to “take such further […]
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 […]
Officials from Fife Council’s Transportation Service have proposed a solution to the difficulties facing primary school pupils wishing to use the service bus in Kelty after recent changes to local bus services meant that pupils could no longer get the bus to school in the morning. The Council is suggesting that pupils from the […]
The condition of roads in a number of Kelty streets are unacceptable according to local councillor, Alex Rowley, who has written to Fife Council transportation bosses asking for action to be taken before the severe winter weather comes. Mr Rowley said: “I know that it takes time to get round all the streets that need […]
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 […]
Alex Rowley, Fife Labour Leader, has called for more family centres to be rolled out across the Kingdom. Recently, The Cottage Family Centre in Kirkcaldy was highlighted as a example of excellence by Professor Susan Deacon and Fife MP, Gordon Brown. The centre supports parents, and families, with a wide range of issues and last […]
The leader of Fife Council Labour group Alex Rowley is calling for a review of housing allocation policy which he claims is ‘creating needless disruption for families’ as a result of its failure to recognise the ‘value and importance of family and community’. Mr Rowley has written to Executive Director of Housing and Communities Mr […]
Kelty and Blairadam Pipe Band is celebrating being back on the pipe band competition circuit for the first time in over a decade after a new band was formed to play in the novice juvenile grade. For Dusty Miller, who played with Kelty when it was a Grade 2 band performing in many countries across […]
Commenting on the SNP budget announced this week and what it means for Fife Council, Labour leader Alex Rowley said: “As a councillor, one of the biggest issues I deal with day in and day out is housing and the truth is we just don’t have enough houses for rent and we don’t have adequate […]
Lochs councillors Willie Clarke and Alex Rowley met with parents from Benarty Primary School this week to discuss the concerns of the Parent Council about road safety at the front of the school when children are coming and going from school. The councillors also observed the level of traffic on and around the school in […]