Alex constituency work and important updates
Today I asked the Scottish Government what support they are providing to minimise the disruption to pupils education as a result of the fire at Woodmill High School. See what they said here 👇 [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9W0vTkLAJs[/embedyt]
Pensioners in Fife are missing out on more than ÂŁ17,603,000 in unclaimed pension credit, a leading charity has revealed. Independent Age estimate that ÂŁ17,603,000 million in person credit is going unclaimed in Fife amid the Tory government doing virtually nothing to ensure pensioners get the help that they need. Across Scotland more than ÂŁ300million is […]
I joined with staff and volunteers from the Children’s Hospices Across Scotland, better known as CHAS, to celebrate its 20th anniversary. In Scotland, nearly 16,000 children and young people live with life-shortening conditions and CHAS is determined to reach every family who needs it. CHAS works across Scotland, able to provide its hospice services nationwide […]
UPDATE: 6th June – response from Scottish Government see below SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT WRITTEN ANSWER 6 June 2019 Index Heading: Economy Alex Rowley (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in finding a solution in relation to the removal of waste materials dumped at the M90 […]
I recently spoke in the Scottish Labour debate in Parliament: Build them at BiFab. As the windiest country in Europe, we should be angry and embarrassed that every single turbine around us has been imported. We have empty yards here in Scotland that are very able to produce and deliver the platforms for the offshore renewable […]
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I raised in the Scottish Parliament the news that nearly half of Fife food premises are currently awaiting inspection following press coverage of a recent audit from Food Standards Scotland which has shown a backlog in the number of food premises inspections. I raised a motion in the Scottish Parliament highlighting the issue and […]
Trade Union members and local politicians came together this weekend in Fife to lay wreaths and mark International Workers Memorial Day. The motto of Workers’ Memorial Day has always been to “remember the dead: fight for the living” and trade unions are asked to focus on both areas, by considering events or memorials to […]
I highlighted in the Scottish Parliament a projected increase in child poverty from the Resolution Foundation which suggests the Scottish child poverty rate is in fact likely to be higher in 2023-24 than in 2016-17 with the projected rate of 29% being the highest in over twenty years. This could be tackled by the Scottish […]
I have called on Fife Council, NHS Fife and the Scottish Government to come together and find a solution to the shortfall in the budget of the Health and Social care Partnership in Fife. Back in December last year, the Cabinet Secretary for Health Jean Freeman acknowledged that that the joint board in Fife responsible […]