Gavin Newlands, the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has welcomed the UK Government’s latest embarrassing defeat at the hands of the House of Lords – stating that the government would be utterly “callous” and “morally bankrupt” to not drop the 30 per cent cuts to Employment Support Allowance for the disabled and ill. The House of Lords were considering the UK Government’s Welfare Reform and Work Bill and voted to reject the government’s proposals to cut ESA for claimant

Gavin Newlands, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, in doing so pleged his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people. Wednesday 27th January marked the liberation of the Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, the site of the largest

Gavin Newlands, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has today spoken during a debate in the House of Commons on the ‘Resettlement of Syrian Refugees – calling on the UK Government to change tact and offer sanctuary to more refugees. The Renfrewshire MP spoke about the warm welcome that many people throughout Renfrewshire gave to Syrian refugees who were being resettled in our communities – but reiterated his view that the UK must accept more refugees and that we, as a soci

Gavin Newlands. MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has welcomed news that Linwood Community Development Trust will benefit from a £2.5m Scottish Government regeneration fund. More than 40 community organisations around Scotland will receive a share of the Strengthening Communities Programme fund to help communities lead economic and regeneration work in their areas. The SCP will provide investment to enterprising community organisations that have the potential to become m

Gavin Newlands, the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has joined calls for the Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell MP, to commit to a fair deal for Scotland on the fiscal framework that accompanies the Scotland Bill after Mundell dodged the questions from MPs in the House of Commons today. Responding to a series of questions by SNP MPs, the Secretary of State was unable to say whether he supported the ‘no detriment’ principal agreed by the Smith Commission, wh

Gavin Newlands, the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has backed Woman Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) in the House of Commons today, telling the UK Government that ignoring the growing calls for action will “simply not suffice”. WASPI are an action group of women who are campaigning against the UK Government’s unfair changes to the State Pension Age which is being imposed on women born on or after 6th April 1951 and the way in which the changes have been implem