I joined with our candidate Craig Miller on a visit to Clackmannan where we took time out from campaigning to congratulate former councillor and lifelong party member Tom Adam and his wife Jeanette on their Diamond Wedding.
Category: Deputy Leadership
Housing in Scotland. Alex Rowley – Deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party
“Having access to a safe, secure and damp free home is surely a very basic requirement of every human being in Scotland in the 21st century. It is a tragedy that so many men, women and children living in our country in 2016 do not have that basic right and it is a failure […]
Campaigning in Barrhead with Paul O’Kane
What struck me most when in Barrhead was just how thriving a community it is with a new sports centre and the central council offices setting off a major regeneration of the area and being delivered by Labour East Renfrewshire Council. Paul O’Kane is a member of that council and is driven by his desire […]
Public Sector housing in Scotland – Alex Rowley
Below is a downloadable version of “Housing in Crisis: Why we must build more public sector houses” a discussion paper written by Alex Rowley deputy leader of the Scottish Labour party which sets out his vision of the need to build new council houses across Scotland. Alex Rowley argues that housing is one of the biggest issues in Scotland today […]
Fundraising with Soryia Siddique
It was a great pleasure to join Soryia Siddique our candidate in Cathcart with a lot of party members, council leader Frank McAveety and my good comrade Johann Lamont to raise fund to support the campaign. Soryia is a Glasgow Councillor and in her “spare time”! Dr Soryia teaches her specialist subject which is chemistry. […]
Councils are delivering housing to tackle crisis
I was delighted when in Aberdeen to meet with Council Leader Jenny Laing and Finance spokesperson Willie Young and hear from them about their on going programme of new house building providing much needed new council houses for rent in the city. The truth is, it is Labour Councils that have been to the fore […]
In Erskine campaigning with Mary Fee
This week I was delighted to meet with local members from Renfrewshire North and West and take the campaign to the doorsteps with local candidate Mary Fee. Mary is highlighting the big issues in the constituency and was putting forward a real alternative to austerity which is gaining support across Scotland. www.maryfee.scot FB Mary4RenfreshireNW
ACTION NOT WORDS NEEDED ON TRADE UNION BILL
The SNP Government need to take action to change the Scottish Parliament’s Standing Orders if they really want to oppose the Trade Union Bill currently being debated at Westminster. That is the message from Neil Findlay, Scottish Labour MSP for the Lothians responding to comments made by First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon at the Unite union […]
Call for review of flood defences
Speaking on a visit to Hawick to meet local residents and businesses affected by the floods as well as local councillors Scottish Labour Deputy Leader Alex Rowley said: “The level of damage done by these floods is devastating both on a personal level to those affected and on an economic level for the wider communities. […]
Vision for Scotland’s Future Economy
I am pleased to be here in Dunfermline at the Headquarters of CR Smith who have kindly hosted this breakfast this morning to allow me to raise with you some issues around employment. Today I want to begin a discussion with business and with civic Scotland on the challenges and opportunities for employability in Scotland. […]