Gavin Newlands, the Member of Parliament for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has added his voice to calls for the UK Government to commit to not cut or delay the orders for eight type-26 frigates as doing so would be a “total betrayal” of the 800 shipyard workers on the Clyde who would potentially face redundancy. Contracts for thirteen type-26 frigates were placed during the independence referendum of 2014; however, after the referendum it was scaled back to eight orders. On