Gavin Newlands, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, visited a street scene set up in the UK Parliament last week by the charity Guide Dogs to learn more about the challenges that people with sight loss face when walking the streets. At the event, the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North dodged a pavement parked car, stumbled across a variety of street clutter, and visited a “shared space” area lacking safety features such as kerbs and pedestrian crossings. They heard from

Gavin Newlands, the SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has condemned the UK government’s plans to make EU nationals pay and answer questions if they wish to live in the UK after Brexit – despite many having lived, worked and paid their way in the UK for years. The criticism comes as the Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes announced that EU citizens already living in the UK will have to pay up to £65 and answer questions to continue living and working in the country. T

Gavin Newlands, SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has, once again, called on the UK Government to put on hold the roll-out of Universal Credit until they can fix the range of problems with the new benefit. Universal Credit is due to be rolled-out across Renfrewshire in September but pilot studies which have been held across the UK have highlighted some very serious problems with this new benefit. On Thursday, Mr Newlands criticised the UK Government’s Esther McVey MP

Gavin Newlands, SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has continued his campaign against the Tories’ Power Grab and their desire to remove powers from the Scottish Parliament. Last Saturday, Mr Newlands led two street stalls in Renfrew and Erskine, speaking to local people about how the Tories shut out any Scottish MPs from taking part in the 15-minute debate on the impact that the EU Withdrawal Bill will have on devolution. These campaign events were organised in light

Gavin Newlands, SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has welcomed the announcement that the £56 million Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre will be based in Renfrewshire. The industry-led centre will offer pharmaceutical companies from start-ups to multinationals a unique service to develop new manufacturing techniques which speed up bringing new drugs to market. The global market is worth £98 billion and this investment will put Scotland at the forefront of techn

Gavin Newlands, SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has visited the Students’ Association of the University of the West of Scotland (SAUWS) to congratulate the incoming Student President on her election success. Emma Shotter, who currently serves as the organisation’s Vice President for Education was elected earlier this year and will formally take up her new post in July. Mr Newlands met with the President-elect to discuss the issues currently facing UWS students, and

Paisley and Renfrewshire North MP, Gavin Newlands, is backing a life-saving appeal from Cancer Research UK for more NHS cancer staff. He attended a special event in Westminster last week (Wednesday 6 June) to launch the charity’s new campaign - ‘Shoulder to Shoulder Against Cancer’. It encourages everyone to stand shoulder to shoulder with the NHS by calling on the UK Government to tackle the chronic shortage of staff who diagnose and treat the disease. For 70 years the NHS h

Scottish Orienteering have joined the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Scottish Sport. The Group, which comprises Members of both Houses of Parliament and from all major parties, exists to discuss and advance issues of importance to Scottish sport by complementing the work of the Scottish government and all Scottish governing bodies. Organisations with an interest in Scottish sport are welcome to join the Group, take part in its conversations, and challenge issues that face

SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, Gavin Newlands, has pledged his backing for Carers Week which begins next Monday, by committing to support local carers across Renfrewshire. Gavin Newlands MP has signed up to the Carers Week pledge to take carer friendly action – highlighting the tireless work of the 6.5 million unpaid carers across the UK and offering them any support they need. There are an estimated 788,000 unpaid carers across Scotland – with 44,000 of them unde