This week I wrote to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities requesting a meeting to discuss a number of issues including housing. Housing or a lack of affordable and suitable housing is in my mind one of the biggest social and economic problems faced by a majority of communities in Scotland. I […]
***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 […]
“I am committed to the development of renewable energy in Scotland and recognise the major benefits for the environment and the economy. However, as with all major infrastructure developments there needs to be a process which allows all stakeholders to be involved in a meaningful way. The Court of Session has ruled in favour of […]
One week ago today, it became increasingly clear in the early hours of Friday morning that voters – by a small majority – had chosen to take the nations of the United Kingdom out of the European Union, I felt anger. Not anger with those voters, but with the Tory Party who created this […]
I joined with MSPs of all parties in the Garden Lobby of the Scottish Parliament to help mark the tremendous contribution made each year by volunteers to the Scottish economy and society. From 1 to 12 June, Volunteers’ Week Scotland will take place as part of a UK-wide series of events to highlight the invaluable […]
I am campaigning for Britain to remain within the European Union as I take the view that it is in Scotland’s interest for the UK to remain part of the EU. Labour has set out why it is campaigning for a remain vote with the key arguments listed below; Britain is better off in Europe. […]
Fife’s longest serving councillor Willie Clarke announced this week that he was to retire due to ill health. Willie has been a great servant to the people of Benarty and over these last 7 years the Lochs ward which included Kelty and Kingseat and he has served all of Fife as a County, Regional and […]
Conference it is good to see so many members and supporters here today and all the organisations that have joined us in the exhibition area. It was also good this morning to hear from the Leader of Glasgow City Council Frank McAveety, and listening to Frank, it reminded me that across Scotland it is Labour […]
Youth Work changes lives: that was the message members of the Cowdenbeath Area Youth Form gave to local MSP Alex Rowley when he met them this week at the Corrie Centre in Cardenden. The group are planning a launch of a new initiative ‘Cowdenbeath Youth Bank’ funded by the area committee and the Coalfields Regeneration […]
“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 that […]