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UK Goverment has been called on to maintain a £20 increase to Universal Credit payments introduced during the height of lockdown instead of scrapping it next year as planned.Neil Gray, the SNP's work and pensions spokesman, said the meagre rise had provided a "vital" lifeline for struggling families during the coronavirus pandemic.In an opinion piece for the Record, the MP for Airdrie and Shotts insisted there was still for the UK Government "to do what is right" and maintain the increase.A

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserConstituency counterpart Neil Gray MP also praised the new technology, which will send an automatic alert and public health advice by push notification if proximity is established between a user and someone who has tested positive.He said: “Even though there are restrictions in place, we may not know everyone we are in contact with so this app is a great tool in the fight against Covid 19.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.AIRDRIE'S MP has challenged the Prime Minister to “unequivocally rule out” enforcing a public sector pay freeze as part of the UK’s economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.Neil Gray says this is a move which would “hit frontline workers who have sacrificed so much in tackling the pandemic”.During Prime Minister’s Questionss, Mr Gray warned Boris Johnson against pursuing Treasury plans reported

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Shotts MP Neil Gray has announced he will be seeking his party’s nomination to succeed Alex Neil as the town’s MSP.Mr Gray, senior member of Ian Blackford’s frontbench team at Westminster as Work and Pensions spokesperson, would need to stand down as an MP by March in order for the UK Parliament by-election to be held on the same day as the Scottish Parliament elections.Neil Gray became the first SNP MP for

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.AIRDRIE'S MP is leading the SNP’s demands that the UK Government urgently introduces a comprehensive range of new measures to protect households hit by financial issues brought on by lockdown.Neil Gray has made the call after a new report revealed six million people in Britain have fallen behind on bills due to the coronavirus pandemic.The research by Citizens Advice shows one in nine people have

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Shotts MP Neil Gray has criticised news that free TV licences for all over-75s are to be scrapped from next month, saying it will impact nearly 6000 people in his constituency.BBC officials have announced that the controversial change is to go ahead from August 1, after a two-month delay related to coronavirus – meaning most pensioners will now face an annual fee of £154.50 for viewing.Licences will still be issued free

Universal Credit claimants who need to self-isolate in the event of contracting coronavirus or as a precautionary measure will not be sanctioned, a work and pensions minister has confirmed.

AIRDRIE'S MP has backed a Bill to protect the NHS from “being used as a bargaining chip in future trade deals with foreign nations”.