Manifesto 2012
Fife Council Elections 2012
Scottish Labour News- LABOUR DEMANDS AN END TO SNP’S HIDDEN WAITING LISTS May 17, 2012
- TIME FOR FULL INQUIRY INTO CHILD PROTECTION May 17, 2012
- LABOUR CALLS FOR NHS WHISTLEBLOWING HOTLINE May 17, 2012
- LAUNCH OF RESPECT SCOTLAND’S REGIMENTS CAMPAIGN May 16, 2012
- DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT WELCOME, BUT STILL A LONG WAY TO GO UNTIL WE ARE OUT OF THE WOODS May 16, 2012
- Breaking Fife news
- Marathon ambition of wounded hero May 19, 2012
- Glenrothes singer picks up birthday award May 19, 2012
- Three years for man who crashed stolen taxi May 19, 2012
- Falkland enterprise to deliver the goods! May 19, 2012
- Driver Mike lights the way for Olympic torch May 19, 2012
- Save the red hackle! May 18, 2012
- Hot foot to the finish in Sahara challenge May 18, 2012
- Extra spaces coming at Kirkcaldy hospital May 18, 2012
- Speeding fears of Cupar residents May 18, 2012
- Andrew’s burgers are a special delight May 18, 2012
- Syringes buried in ground May 18, 2012
- David’s birthday gift for CHAS May 18, 2012
- St Andrews rail link study points to £1.6m in profits May 18, 2012
- Jim Leishman elected as Provost of Fife May 18, 2012
- Birthday tea with Duchess May 18, 2012
- Here’s a flea in your ear May 18, 2012
- Martyrs may be home for £100m university collection May 18, 2012
- Principal rings bell at New York Stock Exchange May 18, 2012
- It’s like building a giant jigsaw ... May 17, 2012
- What lies in store ... May 17, 2012
Mark Hood Archive
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SNP-LED coalition’s budget process an ‘embarrassment to Fife’ – Hood
Posted on February 11, 2012 | 1 CommentTweetShareFife Labour’s finance spokesman Councillor Mark Hood has described the way the council have gone about setting their annual budget as an ‘embarrassment to Fife’. The senior councillor said Fife... -
Fife to lose out over £100m after combined cuts
Posted on February 10, 2012 | No CommentsTweetShareOn the eve of Fife Council setting its budget local MSP Helen Eadie has revealed the ‘hypocrisy’ of the SNP’s deal for local government after publishing damning new figures that... -
Abandon building must be demolished – Councillor Hood
Posted on February 6, 2012 | 1 CommentTweetShareCardenden councillor Mark Hood has called on the council to demolish a dilapidated building which local people say is a blight on the community. Residents are also concerned that the... -
Fife hospice care campaign film
Posted on October 5, 2011 | 1 CommentTweetShare Get Involved and support the campaign……. Sign the petition by visiting the Online Petition. Or get involved by down loading a copy of the petition and getting your friends... -
Labour Councillor honours sporting hero
Posted on September 5, 2011 | 2 CommentsTweetShare Speaking after the walk Mr Hood said ’It was a great privilege to represent the community on the walk which retraced the journey made by so many supporters 80... -
Care Homes Decision Due
Posted on June 15, 2011 | No CommentsTweetShareFife Labour will this week make another attempt to halt the privatisation of 10 council care homes when the capital budget goes before councillors for agreement. Within the proposed budget... -
Fife Labour finance spokesperson condemns anti-family policies
Posted on April 26, 2011 | No CommentsTweetShareIn a letter to Fife News Papers, Fife Labour’s Finance Spokesperson Mark Hood has hit out at anti-family policies being supported by the Lib Dem’s and SNP politician’s in Fife.... -
Councillor condemns ‘wasteful council’
Posted on April 24, 2011 | No CommentsTweetShare Fife councillor Mark Hood as condemned Fife Councils SNP / Lib Dem administration for wasting tax payers money while at the same pushing through millions of pounds in service... -
Council cuts ‘Early Years Support’ for Fife’s most vulnerable young children
Posted on April 10, 2011 | No CommentsTweetShareA Fife councillor has accused the SNP / Lib Dem administration in Fife Council of leaving young people at risk after they cut over a £1m from early years support... -
Councillor Calls for ‘Leaner more efficient council’
Posted on March 20, 2011 | No CommentsTweetShareFife Labour’s Finance Spokesperson has this week called on Fife Council to do more to cut waste. In a letter Mr Hood called on Fife Council’s Chief Executive Ronnie Hinds... -
School Swimming Tuition Cut ‘Incompetent and irresponsible’
Posted on March 16, 2011 | No CommentsTweetShareA Fife councillor has described as ‘incompetent and irresponsible’ Fife councils decision to cut the budget for swimming tuition for primary 6 pupils in Fife. Fife Labour’s Finance Spokesperson Mark... -
Family Support Projects to be Cut
Posted on March 9, 2011 | No CommentsTweetShareAn organisation that has helped thousands of families throughout Fife is the latest victim of Fife Council cuts it has been revealed. Homestart which has projects based in Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy,... -
Call for Honesty in Budget Setting
Posted on February 17, 2011 | No CommentsTweetShareFife Labour Social Work spokesperson Tom Adams has described this year’s social work budget process as an attempt by the SNP and Lib Dems to con people. Mr Adams said;... -
Fife Council Budget 2011
Posted on February 16, 2011 | No CommentsTweetShareCommenting on the Fife Council budget Fife Labour leader Alex Rowley said; “The SNP in Fife have shown they lack courage and conviction when it comes to budgets and are... -
Councilor Calls for Cut to Bureaucracy
Posted on January 20, 2011 | No CommentsTweetShareA senior Fife councilor has questioned the effectiveness of the decision making structure in Fife House. Councilor Mark Hood, Fife Labour Finance Spokesperson said that over 2,300 committee reports were... -
Fife Council and NHS Fife Failing People in Bed Blocking Crisis
Posted on January 12, 2011 | No CommentsTweetShareFife Labour finance spokesperson Mark Hood today described the governance arrangements for the provision of social care in Fife as being ‘in crisis’ and has joined the growing number of... -
Call for Public Debate on Council Cuts
Posted on November 13, 2010 | 1 CommentTweetShare Fife Labour finance spokesperson Mark Hood has entered the debate over the cuts to home help support for pensioners in Fife which are due to happen from December. Mr... -
Fife Council – Money Advice Service
Posted on October 21, 2010 | No CommentsTweetShareReview of Money Advice Services Continued Fife Council has put on hold proposals that could have seen the end of its in-house Money Advice Service. The council’s Policy Finance &... -
Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly Residential Homes at Threat of Closure
Posted on October 1, 2010 | 15 CommentsTweetShareFife Councillors Alex Rowley and Mark Hood launched a stinging attack on the SNP administration in Fife this week accusing them of being ‘less than honest’ with the public over... -
Call for Transparency over Council Contracts
Posted on September 6, 2010 | No CommentsTweetShareFife Labour Finance spokesperson Mark Hood is calling on Fife councillors to take the lead and review how the council procures goods and services claiming that more needs top be...