Council Tax Freeze
For the first time, council tax will be frozen in Fife by the SNP-led administration, made possible by funding from the Scottish Government. Under the previous Labour administration, council tax had risen by 60% in ten years.
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This page also contains the upcoming [surgeries of Chris Harvie MSP]. For information on the surgeries of the Kirkcaldy Councillors please [klick here]. SNP [branch meetings] take place monthly.
Prescription Charges
From April 2008, prescription charges will be reduced by £5, with further phased reduction towards the total abolition of charges by 2011.
Bridge Tolls Removed
Scotland’s nationalist government made scrapping bridge tolls their first piece of legislation, freeing the people of Fife from this unfair levy after 40 years. On February 11th, 2008, traffic crossed the Tay and Forth Bridge free of charge for the first time – something the Labour government had failed to achieve in eight years of power in Scotland. This removes a drain on local business, aiding the economic development of the area and benefiting over 1300 small companies.
Coaltown Of Wemyss
Funding from the SNP Government and SNP-led Fife Council has secured the future of social housing in Coaltown of Wemyss with the transfer of 44 houses to Kingdom Housing. This has preserved one of Fife’s strongest communities.
Increase In Police Numbers
The SNP Government has announced the recruitment of 1000 new police officers in Scotland. Recruitment will start immediately and will ensure more police officers on the beat, making our streets safer. Unlike Whitehall, the Scottish Government has also paid the police pay award in full.
New Forth Crossing
The SNP Government’s early decision to introduce the Forth Replacement Crossing, a cable-stayed bridge upstream of the existing road bridge, will safeguard the economy of Fife and the east coast of Scotland. A new Hovercraft link to Leith is scheduled for mid 2009 (to Portobello, late 2008).
Education
- An extra £115 million will go to local authorities in 2008/09 to be invested in schools.
- 300 extra teachers have already been hired to start cutting class sizes.
- The ‘graduate endowment’ – effectively a tuition fee by the back door – has been abolished.
Surgeries of Chris Harvie MSP
| Saturdays, 11.00 am to 1.00 pm | Contact Chris Harvie at: |
| 53 Kirk Wynd, Kirkcaldy (see map below) | 53 Kirk Wynd |
| April 12th | Kirkcaldy |
| May 10th | KY1 1EH |
| June 7th | |
| July 12th | Tel. 01592 - 200 349 |
| August 9th | Email: [klick here] |