

SNP seek assurances over Tory policy plan for disabled people
G avin Newlands, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has supported calls for the Tory Government to “act with urgency” over its efforts to halve the disability employment gap and commit to a timetable for delivering the long-awaited Green Paper on support for disabled people and those with ill health. The Tory Party made halving the disability employment gap a key manifesto pledge in the run-up to last year’s general election but despite this commitment and the overall emp