Gavin Newlands, the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, challenged the Chancellor of the Exchequer over the UK Government’s £826 million worth of cuts to bursaries for nurses today in the House of Commons. George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced the swingeing cuts to the support for nurses in his Autumn Statement. The UK Government intends to cut bursaries and replace the vital support with loans – saddling nurses with debt and deterring a future generat

Gavin Newlands, the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has signed a cross-party motion opposing airstrikes in Syria which has been backed by over 110 MPs in the House of Commons – and will vote against dropping bombs on Syria. The SNP group at Westminster said that they would listen to the Prime Minister’ arguments for the UK’s involvement in air-strikes in Syria; however, the UK Government has failed to answer and address the questions and concerns that have been raised