Cancer Research UK have been in touch with all MSPs to provide the following briefing ahead of a debate in the Scottish Parliament on developing s Scottish healthy weight strategy. Cancer Research UK Briefing Note: Scottish Government Debate: Developing a Scottish Healthy Weight Strategy Obesity is the single biggest preventable cause of cancer after […]
Every child in Fife, and across Scotland, should have the right to equal access to education in order to reach their potential. With over £5 million of cuts to the latest Fife Education Budget that makes it harder to achieve that goal. This is not abut individual party politics, it is about what is […]
It has been said that by 2050, the amount of plastic in the ocean will outweigh the fish. Let that sink in a second. It is shocking to think that we as humans can treat our planet this way. Following the final episode of the recent documentary series “Blue Planet II”, the spotlight has been […]
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJB2zjzfnEU[/embedyt] Fife MSP Alex Rowley has questioned the Scottish Government on what they are doing to address the poor rail services within Fife on the Fife circle route highlighting the practice of trains skipping stations to make up time and the lack of adequate carriages in peak times as unacceptable. Speaking in Parliament […]
Cancer Research UK have been in touch with all MSPs to provide the following briefing ahead of World Cancer Day. A motion has been raised in the Scottish Parliament and a debate will be taking place. The debate will take place on Thursday 1st February following First Minister’s Questions. World Cancer Day – February […]
Do not let it be said in years to come that the Scottish Parliament was brilliant at policy and strategy but a complete failure when it came to delivering. The SNP have become so arrogant in power they do not think anyone has the right to question them. If we are going to tackle the […]
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGAVQr6m628[/embedyt] Haggis. Neeps. Tatties. Scottish cuisine at its finest. And synonymous with this time of year as we approach Burns Night. Across Scotland, and indeed across the world, there will be Burns Suppers taking place in a whole variety of settings. From grand banquets with pipers and poetry to a humble haggis supper from […]
The highly respected Scottish anti-poverty network, ‘the Poverty Alliance’ has issued a brief to Scottish parliamentarians before this weeks budget and their main proposal for the budget is to increase child benefit by £5 a week. If we are to tackle poverty then we need actions that focus on doing so otherwise all the political […]
“Blacklisting is still going on in Scotland and we need a full public inquiry to get to the bottom of this destructive practice that wrecks lives and victimises workers for seeking to do the right thing”. That was the message from Neil Findlay MSP this week as union members came to the Scottish Parliament […]
Many have been saddened, if not shocked, by the latest round of branch closures announced by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). I have been a member of that bank since my teens, mainly because it was the only bank based in the village where I live, and I have always stayed with it because […]