Gavin Newlands leads efforts to improve support for single parents
Gavin Newlands, SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has joined a cross-party group that aims to improve support for single parents. Mr Newlands has been elected to serve as one of the office bearers for the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Single Parent Families. This group was set-up to campaign on the distinct challenges that single parents face, with this new group holding their official launch on Single Parent Day. Gavin Newlands, SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshi
Gavin Newlands MP, speaking at Violence Summit, calls on all men to challenge abusive behaviour
Gavin Newlands, SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has called on men to ‘stop looking the other way’ and challenge sexist and abusive behaviour whenever they see it happening. The Member of Parliament for Paisley and Renfrewshire North was a guest speaker and panellist at the Westminster Foundation for Democracy’s International Summit on Violence Against Women in Politics. During his speech, Gavin spoke of the Me Too movement and how it highlighted that too many men i
Tories sell out Scottish fishing in Brexit deal
The Tories have sold out Scottish fishing and abandoned their promises to the industry, SNP MP Gavin Newlands has said. Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson last week said that “Britain will leave the CFP as of March 2019”, while Michael Gove had previously said that there would be “a specific transition period for fishing of nine or 10 months”. But the draft terms of the Brexit transition deal show the UK government has agreed to abide by CFP rules for the whole of the transit
Local MP wins concession from Minister in support for Bridge of Weir Universal Credit claimants
Gavin Newlands, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, in a letter from Alok Sharma MP, Minister of State for Employment, has won a concession from the UK Government that people from Bridge of Weir claiming Universal Credit should be able to use the Johnstone Jobcentre for all appointments rather than have to travel to Greenock. If, by exception, anybody is asked to attend Greenock instead, their travel expenses will be reimbursed. Mr Newlands recently highlighted in Parliame
Gavin Newlands MP and Fay Ripley help launch Marie Curie’s Great Daffodil Appeal
Gavin Newlands, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, and Cold Feet actress Fay Ripley have joined forces this March to help Marie Curie provide care and support to more people living with a terminal illness. The Member of Parliament for Paisley and Renfrewshire North and long-term Marie Curie supporter Fay were pictured together with Marie Curie Nurses, Victoria Shodeko and Victoria Oluwalogbon, at a parliamentary event to celebrate the launch of the Great Daffodil Appeal,
