Members of the public are being encouraged to contact their local councillors asking that they keep the pressure on the public authorities with the powers to address the ‘environmental calamity’ of festering waste on the former MOD site near Dunfermline. Alex Rowley MSP met with representatives of SEPA to discuss the ongoing efforts to address […]
A Fife MSP has praised the work of his local Salvation Army in supporting families. Alex Rowley MSP (Labour, Mid Scotland and Fife) was visiting The Salvation Army corps (church and community centre) in Buckhaven, one of several small former mining communities on the south coast of Fife. Corps leader Territorial Envoy Andrew […]
‘Your Water Your Life’ campaign urges people to refill bottles from the tap. Scottish Water have launched a new campaign, ‘Your Water Your Life’, to encourage and promote the use of refillable bottles and the benefits of topping these up with fresh, great-tasting tap water. This can also help reduce our reliance on single […]
Fife MSP Alex Rowley has teamed up with Age Scotland at the Scottish Parliament to help promote ‘Scotland’s helpline for older people’ offering free and confidential information, friendship and advice over the phone. Mr Rowley said: “This free phone line 0800 12 44 222 is available 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, for older […]
The Scottish Government have been consulting on their draft Climate Change Bill which is expected to be published later this year. I always think that I, like any parent and grandparent, would walk to the end of the earth and back to protect my children and grandchildren and yet collectively so many of us […]
Students attending Forth Valley College are calling on the Scottish Government to deliver a better deal that will support learners to progress their studies and move into the world of work. Representatives of Forth Valley Students Association met with Scottish Labour MSP Alex Rowley and set out the key concerns which have been raised […]
Trade Union Unite have accused the Royal Bank of Scotland of a serious breach in banking protocols for branch closures and are urging bank executives to stop the closure programme and think again. A call that is supported by Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alex Rowley who says the bank has let down communities […]
Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alex Rowley is urging people to give the NHS feedback on the experience they face in using the health service through submitting responses to the dedicated web site “Care Opinion”. Care Opinion is the UK’s leading independent non-profit feedback platform for health and social care services. The organisation wants […]
A report from Shelter Scotland estimates that almost 6,000 children in Scotland will wake up homeless and in temporary accommodation this Christmas. This is a real tragedy and is why housing must be further up the political agenda with a national house build strategy being a must in 2018. If you add to those […]