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Covid-19, St Andrews and concern for personal safety
Posted on July 17, 2020August 16, 2020

Covid-19, St Andrews and concern for personal safety

Tourism St Andrews chair, Debbie MacCallum, feels that not enough has been done to ensure the safety of visitors and res...
Lade Braes: Council ignores residents’ safety concerns
Posted on July 3, 2020August 3, 2020

Lade Braes: Council ignores residents’ safety concerns

Fife Council has signalled that it is planning to press ahead with its plans for the Lade Braes in St Andrews in spi...
St Andrews to get funding for ‘physical distancing’
Posted on June 24, 2020July 8, 2020

St Andrews to get funding for ‘physical distancing’

Fife Council has been awarded £2.42M by the sustainable transport charity Sustrans Scotland to provide additional spac...
St Andrews Recycling Centre opens June 1st
Posted on May 31, 2020June 1, 2020

St Andrews Recycling Centre opens June 1st

Fife Council has announced that the Kingdom's recycling centres at St Andrews, Dunfermllne, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy  and ...
CSARA asks: Is Airbnb ruining our communities?
Posted on May 18, 2020

CSARA asks: Is Airbnb ruining our communities?

The Confederation of St Andrews Residents' Associations (CSARA) has been an active campaigner for the protection of scar...
Fife Council reduces services in response to pandemic
Posted on March 26, 2020April 5, 2020

Fife Council reduces services in response to pandemic

Many of the council staff have been working from home in accordance with government policies and the Council has closed ...
Activity centres open for children of key workers in Fife
Posted on March 26, 2020April 5, 2020

Activity centres open for children of key workers in Fife

Fife Council has opened 29 Children’s Activity Centres for children of key workers – where one or both carers are fr...
Climate Change: implications for town planning
Posted on March 18, 2020March 30, 2020

Climate Change: implications for town planning

Part 2 of a 2 part series by Professor Michael Collins The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 The purposes of planning a...
Further cuts to education and children’s services in Fife Council’s 2020/21 budget
Posted on March 2, 2020March 26, 2020

Further cuts to education and children’s services in Fife Council’s 2020/21 budget

Cuts of over £3.5 million across education and children’s services were approved by Fife Council at its meeting on Ma...
Serious criticism of Fife Integrated Joint Board’s financial management
Posted on March 1, 2020March 26, 2020

Serious criticism of Fife Integrated Joint Board’s financial management

Scotland’s local authority watchdog, the Accounts Commission, part of Audit Scotland, reports that Fife's Integrated J...
University contests new HMO fees scale
Posted on February 7, 2020March 2, 2020

University contests new HMO fees scale

Fife Council’s fee structure has not been updated since 2006 and the council claims that, increasingly, fees have lagg...

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Latest Posts

  • East Sands paddle boarders blown off-shore
    Posted on April 6, 2021

    East Sands paddle boarders blown off-shore

  • St Andrews North and Strathkinness – highest infection rate in Fife
    Posted on April 1, 2021April 1, 2021

    St Andrews North and Strathkinness – highest infection rate in Fife

  • University reports further 15 students test positive
    Posted on March 29, 2021March 29, 2021

    University reports further 15 students test positive

  • Council reverses decision to cut Third Sector funding – but only for a year
    Posted on March 27, 2021April 6, 2021

    Council reverses decision to cut Third Sector funding – but only for a year

  • Covid-19 outbreak at St Andrews Community Hospital
    Posted on March 20, 2021April 1, 2021

    Covid-19 outbreak at St Andrews Community Hospital

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Local Representation

St Andrews is represented by the following elected members, both locally and nationally:

Councillors

  1. Jane Ann Liston (Lib Dem)
  2. Dominic Nolan (Con)
  3. Brian Thomson (Lab)
  4. Ann Verner (SNP)

MSPs

  1. Willie Rennie (Lib Dem)

MP

  1. Wendy Chamberlain (Lib Dem)

 

 

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