Gavin Newlands, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has challenged the West of Scotland Conservative MSPs and those standing as Conservative candidates in the local government elections to outline whether they share the same view as their party leader, Ruth Davidson, and support women having to prove that their third or subsequent child was born as a result of rape in order to continue to receive vital support for their children. The UK Government has recently railroaded a

Gavin Newlands, the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has welcomed UK Government’s humiliating climb-down on tax credits as the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in his Spending Review that the he has scrapped the Tory plans to cut tax credits for hard-pressed working families. The SNP group of MPs at Westminster, alongside progressive allies in parliament and across civil society, steadfastly opposed the plans to slash tax credits for working families when the UK Go

Gavin Newlands, the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire, has criticised the UK Government tonight after the Tories used their slender majority to vote down amendments to the Scotland Bill that would devolve in full working and child tax credits to the Scottish Parliament in order to protect Scots from Tory tax credit cuts. The amendment to the Scotland Bill would have enabled the Scottish Parliament to set its own tax credit system – including eligibility, thresholds and tapers –

Gavin Newlands, the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has today reaffirmed his opposition to the UK Government’s plans to slash tax credits for cash-strapped families in Renfrewshire, after new figures show that 5,000 children and 3,000 families in his constituency will be affected. Ahead of the Report Stage and the Third Reading of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill tomorrow (Tuesday 27th October), the Renfrewshire MP is calling on Tory MPs to unite with opposition MPs to