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Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers a speech during an Innovation Nation Summit in Manchester, | Pic Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Kirkcaldy ‘doesn’t need warm words from Andy Burnham – it needs decisions’

Melanie Ward MP on Kirkcaldy High Street

Melanie Ward: Royal Mail isn't delivering

A badly damaged road in Glenrothes is to be repaired at a cost of £30,000 | Pic Google Maps

Councillors commit £30,000 to tackle road which is ‘falling apart’

Prime Minister Andy Burnham at 10 Downing Street | Pic Leon Neal/Getty Images

Andy Burnham must turn his warm words and broken promises into lower bills

The interior of Buckhaven Parish Church (Pic: Fife Council Planning Portal)

Autism Rocks: charity hits back over ‘emotional blackmail’ funding claim

David Graham's conviction sparked the call for a review (Pics: Submitted)

David Graham fall-out: Fife Council to strengthen sexual harassment reporting

James Leslie is the third councillor to quit the Conservative group at Fife House in a matter of weeks (Pic: Contributed)

Fife Tories in turmoil as third councillor quits its ranks in as many weeks

Hungry housewives bring their ration books to London's Petticoat Lane Market during World War II on the first day of bread rationing. (Pic: Eric Harlow/Keystone/Getty Images)

The 1946 bread rationing meeting of housewives that sparked police intervention

Richard Baker MP at the site where the contaminated materials were dumped (Pic: Contributed)

Site secured after asbestos found in tiles dumped next to Fife rail line

Fife Council Conservative group leader quits party – and joins Labour

Melanie Ward MP met with representatives from SEPA and Scottish Water

Fife MP presses for urgent action to end contaminated water polluting beach

The incorrect signs were quickly removed (Pic: Submitted)

Thornton road closure: MP blasts ‘act of stupidity’ over signs with wrong info

Melanie Ward talking to a constituent

We have to be better, and we have to be bolder – Melanie Ward MP

Keir Starmer speaks to supporters and councillors following local elections (Pic: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Theatre applause and laughter in Fife bursts Keir Starmer’s Westminster bubble

David Barratt celebrates his election as an MSP (Pic: Fife Council)

New Fife MSP hits back in ‘two jobs’ spat with Labour councillor

Keir Starmer during a walk on the Esplanade in May 2023 (Pic: Robert Perry/Getty Images)

Kirkcaldy MP Melanie Ward says Prime Minister ‘lost confidence of the public’
Kirkcaldy MP Melanie Ward has called on Sir Keir Starmer to quit as Prime Minister, telling him he has “lost the confidence of the public.”
Allan Crow

David Torrance made it four election wins in a row in Kirkcaldy (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Election: David Torrance fourth Kirkcaldy win as Labour holds off ReformUK

Shirley Anne Somerville is back at Holyrood (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Election: SNP hold Dunfermline as Reform fail to knock out Labour

The results are being announced at the Fife count (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Election: SNP hold Cowdenbeath, Labour push ReformUK into third

Julie MacDougall with Malcolm Offord and Thomas Kerr on Kirkcaldy High Street (All pics: Cath Ruane)

Election: Julie MacDougall on ReformUK’s ‘fresh energy’ .. and no regrets

Claire Baker campaigning with Labour's team (Pic: submitted)

Election: ‘we want the seat back’ – Claire Baker on Labour’s Kirkcaldy target

David Torrance with his campaign team (Pic: Submitted)

Election: SNP's David Torrance on a lifetime in politics: ‘I love this job'

Malcolm Offord (second left) on the waltzer with Thomas Kerr (left) and Kirkcaldy candidate Julie MacDougall (second right) (Pic: Cath Ruane)

Links Market visit for ReformUK’s Malcolm Offord & a go on the waltzer

Holyrood elections will take place on Thursday, May 7. Pic: Contributed

Scottish elections: all candidates confirmed for Fife constituencies

Cllr David Ross and Cabinet Secretary for education, Jenny Gilruth MSP

EIS strike: council leader calls for Jenny Gilruth to be sacked

Councillors remain concerned over communities' festive decorations on new lamp posts (Pic: Johnston Press)

Councillors call for clarity over festive decorations on new lamp posts

Fifers will vote for their next MSPs in May (Pic: Submitted)

Scottish elections: Fife councillors bid for Holyrood
The line-up of candidates standing in Fife constituencies at the forthcoming Scottish parliamentary elections is starting to take shape.
Allan Crow

The new Fife Landlord Partnership is led by the local authority

Rent rises confirmed for Fife Council tenants

David Graham's conviction sparked the call for a review (Pics: Submitted)

David Graham: report published into complaint against jailed politician

David Ross steered the minority Labour administration's budget through today's debate (Pics: Submitted)

Fife Council budget: 5% Council Tax rise among lowest in Scotland

Melanie Ward (Pic: Submitted)

Kirkcaldy’s £20million: masterplan ‘is not what people want’ MP tells council

David Torrance MSP has joined the criticism of Kirkcaldy's masterplan (Pic: Submitted)

Kirkcaldy’s £20million funding: council masterplan ‘falls so far short’ – MSP

David Ross will present Labour's budget proposal (Pic: Submitted)

Fife Council budget: Labour’s 'modest’ Council Tax rise to protect services

Councillor James Calder outlined the Lib Dems' budget proposals (Pics: Submitted)

Fife Council Budget: Lib Dems unveil proposals with ‘fairness at heart'

The budget will be set at a meeting at Fife House (Pic: Fife Council)

Fife Council budgets: 5% Council Tax rise on cards as party’s unveil priorities

David Torrance met members of the WASPI woman at the Scottish Parliament (Pic: submitted)

Abandoning WASPI women is indefensible – they did everything asked of them

Melanie Ward MP at the roundtable convened to address key issues in the Links area of Kirkcaldy (Pic: Submitted)

Taking action to tackle Linktown’s serious problems

The SNP's Zoe Hisbent won the Glenrothes West and Kinglassie by-election. (Pic: Fife Council)

Glenrothes by-election: SNP celebrate second win in Fife in matter of months

The underpass at Minto Crescent. Glenrothes, is earmarked for upgrade (Pic: Fife Council)

£1.3million for these road improvements across Fife town

Energy bills are rising after OFGEM raise the price cap

Heating or eating – the choice facing too many Fifers dealing with energy bills

Police are probing comments posted on Melanie Ward MP's Facebook page (Pic: Submitted)

Police probe comments on Fife MP’s Facebook page after Islamic Centre visit

The list included (clockwise from left) the Glebe Park Centre in Kirkcaldy, Woodside Hall in Glenrothes, and Cardenden's Corrie Centre (Pic: Submitted)

‘Unacceptable’ bid to offload Fife community centres is put on hold

The council has been criticised for inconsistencies in its policy surrounding street light mounted Christmas lights in Fife's communities.

Children left disappointed after Fife Council decision on Christmas lights

Hollie Bell with her winning design and MP Melanie Ward.

Winning Christmas card design for Kirkcaldy pupil

Wendy at Interiors at Forty Four in Cupar

North East Fife MP supports Small Business Saturday

Melanie Ward and supporters mark the £20m funding at the town's red heart (Pic: Submitted)

Kirkcaldy town funding: we need town centre board to make local voices heard

Wendy Chamberlain MP calls for emergency hospitality VAT cut at Budget as families “priced out” of both keeping warm and going out

Political opinion: Wendy Chamberlain MP calls for emergency hospitality VAT cut ...

The Fife Ethylene plant in Mossmorran, Fife.

Analysis Have politicians learned any lessons at all from Grangemouth?

Local politicians have expressed their concerns over the news that ExxonMobil is to close its Fife Ethylene Plant in February. (Pic: TSPL)

'Deep concern' and 'disappointment' as politicians react to Mossmorran closure

Local MP Wendy Chamberlain calls on the Chancellor to end stealth cuts to Local Housing Allowance in the budget.

Political opinion: Liberal Democrat Chief Whip calls on the Chancellor to end st...

Winning candidate Ann Marie Caldwell at the election count. Right: first ballot boxes are opened (Pics: Fife Council)

Fife by-election: soul searching & celebrations as Farage factor makes its mark

The result of the Buckhaven by-election is announced (Pic: Fife Council)

Fife by-election: SNP celebrate victory as Reform push Labour into third

The first ballot boxes are opened (Pic: Fife Council)

Buckhaven by-election: polls close as vote count gets underway

Voting is underway in the by-election (Pic: TSPL)

Buckhaven by-election: voting underway to choose new councillor

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers a speech in the media briefing room of 9 Downing Street, ahead of the forthcoming Budget. Reeves has warned that 'each of us must do our bit', signalling possible tax rises (Photo: WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Rachel Reeves says 'each of us must do our bit' — what it may cost you

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