Alasdair Bailey: Last News

It is estimated Perth and Kinross Council saved £245,000 as a result of the teacher strike on November 24, 2022.

Planned upgrade works to a major roundabout on the Perth and Kinross border which have been beset by persistent delays look set to finally begin this year.

A petition has been launched in an attempt to save a Perthshire village surgery from closure.

Perth and Kinross Council has officially declared a 'Climate and Biodiversity Emergency'.

The train drivers’ strike has led to a revised timetable being issued by ScotRail - just days after it was due to begin a new hourly train schedule between Perth and Invergowrie station.

The first councillors of the 2022 Perth and Kinross Council election have been announced.

A Perth and Kinross councillor has spoke of his shock that he and his fellow representatives were prevented from debating a controversial survey before it was issued to local pupils.

Perth and Kinross Council’s roads budget after a rise in potholes due to COVID restrictions.Since January 1, PKC has identified 1696 potholes on its 1553 miles of road - more than one pothole per mile.The news comes after Perth and Kinross councillors agreed in December to transfer £2.6 million from the council’s roads budget to the Perth City Hall project.At the time, Labour councillor Alasdair Bailey and Conservative councillor Colin Stewart both expressed concern about a large chunk of the roads budget being reallocated.At the December meeting, Strathtay representative Colin Stewart - who is not part of the council’s Conservative administration - said councillors all got complaints about the state of roads and bridges that “desperately

Perth and Kinross councillor has volunteered for the Tayside COVID vaccine trial. Alasdair Bailey decided to put himself forward to see if he could “help speed up the process of developing this vaccine.”He said he was “pleasantly surprised” when he was invited along to the Clinical Research Centre at Ninewells Hospital to see if he would be a suitable candidate.Pupils set to team up with special effects company founded by Star Wars creatorThe Carse of Gowrie Labour member was then selected and given an injection.The vaccine being trialled by the Tayside team is by Belgian pharmaceutical company Janssen - a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson.The Tayside team is seeking to recruit 400 participants.

Communities across Perth and Kinross are banding together to help the most vulnerable at threat from the coronavirus.