Douglas Alexander MP

Labour MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South

Our man about the house

• Paisley Daily Express Column - 01 Feb 2012

  Clearly, We are not all in this together Last weekend I met a group of Paisley businessmen and women for breakfast. It was a chance to discuss the local economic situation, and what can be done to tackle the crisis of youth unemployment facing our local community....

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• Paisley Daily Express Column - 25 Jan 2012

  Action Needed Now to Help A Lost Generation Across the country, communities are facing a crisis of rising unemployment. As the Paisley Daily express revealed last week 5,300 across Renfrewshire were claiming Jobseekers Allowance but just 674 vacancies were available. Across Renfrewshire as a whole, eight job seekers were chasing...

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• Paisley Daily Express Column - 18 Jan 2012

  Holyrood Delivers a Bad Deal for Renfrewshire Each year Renfrewshire Council receives a grant from the Scottish Government. Its funding that helps pay for local services like schools, social work, and local economic development. So it’s vital that Renfrewshire MSPs and the Council make a strong case for a fair...

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• Paisley Daily Express Column - 11 Jan 2012

  No Festive Joy Over RAH Ward 15 Part of last week was spent in my Paisley office going through mail and emails that had come in over Hogmanay. One letter I’d been looking out for was the response from Robert Calderwood, the Chief Executive of Greater Glasgow and...

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• Paisley Daily Express Column - 04 Jan 2012

  It's my first column of 2012 so let me wish a Good New Year to every Paisley Daily Express reader! Although the weather was rubbish and the M8 traffic truly terrible on the Cart Viaduct, I really enjoyed Christmas here at home in Renfrewshire with some good food,...

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• Paisley Daily Express Column - 21 December 2011

  A Tough Christmas For Those Without Work It’s going to be a tough Christmas for 5366 local people. That’s the number of people here in Renfrewshire on the dole this Christmas. Just last week, the latest statistics showed the number out of work had risen again. With almost...

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• Paisley Daily Express Column - 14 December 2011

  HAVE A VERY MERRY FAIRTRADE CHRISTMAS Its good news that there’s been a local drive here in Renfrewshire to encourage more people to make their Christmas a Fairtrade one. The Fairtrade Steering Group here in Renfrewshire is...

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• Paisley Daily Express Column - 07 December 2011

  

  Teenage Memories, Future Hopes The former Territorial Army Building and drill hall in the High Street is one of the most distinguished buildings in the town. As a teenager I used to spend time in it, as it was one of the local halls used by my BB Company for...

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• Paisley Daily Express Column - 30 November 2011

  6 weeks on.....and still no answers offered on proposed closure of RAH's Children's Ward... In recent days I've finally received a response to my request for answers about the proposal to close Ward 15...the RAH's Children's Ward. And after taking more than 6 weeks - yes...

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• Paisley Daily Express Column - 23 November 2011

  UNEMPLOYMENT IS NEVER A PRICE WORTH PAYING I paid a visit to St Andrews Academy last week. The pupils were impressive - curious, eager, and engaged. Meeting the third, fourth, fifth and sixth year pupils should have filled me with confidence about the future of our local community....

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