Gavin Newlands, the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, visited Erskine Mains Home in his constituency to see the excellent care that the charity has provided to Scottish veterans for almost 100 years. Gavin was greeted by Lesley-Ann Wylie, the manager of Erskine Mains Home, and Steve Conway, the Chief Executive of Erskine, and was given a tour of the facility and met some of the residents who the charity care for. During his visit, the local MP informed Steve Conway and L

Gavin Newlands, the newly-elected Member of Parliament for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has today criticised the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) after their announcement of their intention to go ahead with their plans for an “outrageous” £7,000-a-year pay rise for MPs. Gavin wrote to IPSA’s Chief Executive, Sir Ian Kennedy, in June to urge him to abandon the planned 10 per cent pay-rise for MPs. The Paisley and Renfrewshire North MP announced that – if

Gavin Newlands, the new MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has today called on the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) – the independent body that is responsible for monitoring the expenses and setting the salaries of MPs – to scrap their plans to give MPs a £7,000 pay increase bring MPs’ salaries to £74,000. IPSA launched its final consultation, MPs’ Pay in the 2015 Parliament: A Consultation, on the 10 per cent pay rise on 2nd June 2015. In Part 3 of th