A Fife MSP has called for a national housing strategy to be put in place with the objective to tackle what he calls the ‘growing housing crisis’ in Scotland. Speaking in the Scottish Parliament Alex Rowley highlighted the current housing position in Scotland stating; “There are over 150,000 people on the council waiting lists in […]
Presiding Officer, in moving this motion tonight I am asking that the Scottish Government make the funding available that will create a rail halt at the Halbeath Park and Choose which is situated in my constituency at Crossgates and is accessible for people in Fife and much further afield. A rail halt at Halbeath would […]
Provost, I would like to begin by thanking everyone for taking the trouble to come along here this morning for the launch of the Fife Economic Strategy. Before moving onto the detail of the new strategy I would first like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to a person who knows more […]
Fife Council leader Alex Rowley paid a visit this week to the historic Abbot House in Dunfermline to be shown round the tourist facility and hear first-hand how the attraction will spend the award of £9,850 awarded through the Culture and Heritage Investment. Mr Rowley said; […]
Massive profits but not for communities! As the numbers of land based wind turbine applications continues to grow across Fife, Fife Council has now put in place a review of the current guidelines and landscape capacity assessment for land based turbines that will see a far reaching consultation take place across Fife and […]
I was in Kirkcaldy and joined with hundreds of people to welcome The Black Watch back from Helmand in Afghanistan at their Homecoming Parade. Thankfully, this latest tour did not have any fatalities but there were soldiers injured and our thoughts and prayers remain with them. As I watched the parade and applauded the […]
Alex Rowley says there now needs to be a discussion within every community about how we meet the challenges that come with changing demographics – the 75+ population in Fife is due to increase by 20.4% by 2014 and increase by 64.3% by 2024. “The growing and changing needs around health and social care are […]