| As well as knocking on doors, Sarah Brown is expected to speak to young mums and pensioner groups when she visits the town, probably on Wednesday, although a Labour Party official said today that final details are still being worked out.
Health is top of the agenda for Labour in the by-election today, with two of the party’s top politicians campaigning in support of Lindsay Roy
Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Health, and Cathy Jamieson, Scottish Labour’s health spokesperson, were to be in Buckhaven, to highlight the fact the SNP is spending less than Labour on the NHS, and thank the one hundred and sixty thousand people who work in Scotland’s national health service.
Harry Wills, Liberal Democrat candidate for the Glenrothes by-election, said today he is still waiting for a response from London Labour over fears that a further 3000 post offices across Britain could close.
Along with Fife MPs Ming Campbell and Willie Rennie, he wrote to the Prime Minister in September urging him to support local post offices by renewing the Post Office Card Account contract.
The SNP Candidate in Glenrothes, Peter Grant, today welcomed Alex Salmond’s announcement that support for first time buyers is to be extended.
He said the move is just one example of the support the SNP Government is offering families in Fife to help household budgets and ease the financial burden during the credit crunch.
Meanwhile, Kinglassie residents are having to change where they cast their votes on November 6 due to re-decoration work at the New Hall at 85 Main Street running behind schedule. The polling place will instead be the Small Hall at 53 Main Street.
Labour is defending a majority of 10,664 in a seat made vacant by the death of MP John MacDougall in August. |
