Josh Wilson

In my first column of 2019, I would like to wish you all a very happy and prosperous New Year. I hope you managed to find some time to switch off over the festive period. Of course many readers may not have had the luxury of time off work over Christmas, including our emergency services … Read more

Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley has given a cautious welcome to confirmation that the next stage of the controversial Universal Credit rollout is to be delayed.   The House of Commons was due to vote on proposals to move a further three million claimants onto the Universal Credit by summer 2019, but this will … Read more

40% of parents relying on the UK government’s “collect and pay” scheme for child maintenance are failing to get the money owed. Latest figures for the quarter to March 2018 show that compliance with the scheme is at 60%, with 8,800 parents due to pay and 5,300 paying some of due maintenance.  The UK government-run … Read more

I had expected to write my column this week on the back of the Prime Minister’s Withdrawal Agreement being rejected by MPs. I spoke in the debate on the Brexit deal last week and outlined my reasons for opposing it, raising my concerns around the opportunities that would be cut from our young people, the … Read more

Christina McKelvie MSP & Angela Crawley MP visited Hamilton Delivery Office to see first-hand the operation of delivering Christmas post and to pass on early Season’s Greetings to its dedicated, hardworking staff. Both Christina & Angela where shown around the office by the Delivery Office Manager and introduced to the postmen and women, who will … Read more

Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley today raised findings from the charity Refuge in a Westminster Hall debate on the Two-Child Cap and Rape Clause. Refuge found that the two-child limit is forcing survivors of domestic abuse and their children into poverty and, as a result, increases their financial dependence on perpetrators. They also … Read more

Following the news that Brooks store is to close the doors of its Carluke shop in January, SNP MSP for Clydesdale Aileen Campbell and SNP MP for Lanark and Hamilton East have written to South Lanarkshire Council, the local Development Trust and the town’s Business Improvement District, to request their presence at a summit to … Read more

  On this year’s “Equal Pay Day,” Angela Crawley MP has called on the UK government to extend paternity leave for fathers. Equal Pay Day refers to the day of the year in which – as a result of the gender pay-gap – working women stop earning and men continue to. This year, Equal Pay Day … Read more

  Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley has given her support to Discover Lanark’s campaign to establish a Business Improvement District (BID) in the town. A BID is an initiative where businesses work in partnership with Local Authorities to regenerate their town centres. Discover Lanark have produced a 5-year costed business plan setting out … Read more

Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley today (Thursday 8 November) joined female MPs from around the world as part of the Women of the World conference. The historic one-day event, taking place at the House of Commons in the centenary year of women’s suffrage in the UK, brings together women parliamentarians from around the … Read more