The Scottish Government are show themselves to be all plans no action after a my Freedom of Information request revealed the SNP Government has produced over 450 “strategy” documents in the last ten years alone. I queried the Scottish Government as to how many strategy documents had been produced, and found that 160 strategies, 202 […]
I have called on the Scottish Government to commit to a series of actions from Shelter Scotland in delivering a Scottish Housing Emergency Action Plan in order to protect households from homelessness as the cost-of-living crisis continues to worsen. Shelter Scotland have highlighted that in the last year the number of children stuck in temporary […]
Scottish Conservatives have rejected my call for all Scottish Politicians to unite in demanding more action from the UK Government on skyrocketing energy bills. Scottish Conservatives have refused to sign a motion I put forward calling on emergency action from the UK Government in the form of an immediate energy bill freeze. I have written […]
I am calling out Scottish Government overreach in the Local Authority planning process after a new report revealed the number of Local Authority planning decisions overturned at appeal by the Scottish Government. The figures from the Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) Annual Review of 2021-22 show that out of 26 appeals lodged after Fife […]
I have written to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer backing calls for the UK Government to produce a fourth budget with more support for people impacted by the cost of living crisis, which has seen inflation hit a 40-year high of 9%, and immediately restore the £20 Universal Credit uplift cut […]
I have great concerns over the official statistics published this week by NHS Education Scotland showing 506 nursing and midwifery posts in NHS Fife are currently vacant, accounting for 11% of the nursing and midwifery workforce in Fife. These startling statistics have led the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to comment, “Nursing staff levels […]
I have raised a motion in the Scottish Parliament and written to the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, Michael Matheson MSP over the closure of Castle House, the headquarters of Scottish Water in Dunfermline, amid concerns that trade unions have been sidelined in the process. I recently met with representatives of the […]
I have called for the Scottish Government to take action and support introduction of paint recycling options across the country. In a letter to Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, which you can read below, I wrote of the need for the Scottish Government to support local authority initiatives and […]
There is going to be a further squeeze on household bills following the news that Scottish Water have announced a 4.2% rise in household water bills across Scotland and as such I have called on the Scottish Government to rethink the rise. The bill rise was announced by the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Net […]
In January 2022, train operator Abellio ScotRail announced proposals to reduce ticket office opening hours at 117 of its 143 managed stations. Under these proposals three ticket offices would close altogether (Cartsdyke, Clydebank & Woodhall). The full list of affected stations and the proposed hours are available here – https://www.scotrail.co.uk/scotrail-ticket-office-consultation and Appendix 1 lists the […]