Fife Labour leader Alex Rowley has called for an independent examination of the mechanisms and processes leading the recent decision by Fife Council Education Committee to refurbish the existing Kilrymont school building as the replacement Madras College for St Andrews and the Tay Bridgehead area. Mr Rowley says that the process leading up […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fife Council Labour Group has launched a petition calling on NHS Fife to drop their plans to cut the number of hospice beds in Fife. At a special meeting of NHS Fife Board on 31 May this year, a proposal to close Ward 16 at Dunfermline Queen Margaret Hospital was tabled to achieve a […]