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The cost of living and the cost of governmental collapse

Photo by Nicholas Cappello on Unsplash

19 May 2022

There is no magic fix for the cost-of-living crisis. Plenty of things might help but, with no Executive in place, Stormont can’t do any of them.

Citizenship education: what's gone wrong

18 May 2022

What sort of young people do we want emerging from our schools?

The DUP's great gamble

13 May 2022

The DUP is smarting from an election defeat.

Re-wilding Northern Ireland

Trees in Stormont Estate (photo by Joel Nevius on Unsplash)

12 May 2022

Fixing Northern Ireland’s biodiversity issues requires active measures that will be difficult without an Executive.

Manifestos: the DUP

3 May 2022

The final piece in our series analysing party manifestos looks at the DUP.

Manifestos: the SDLP

3 May 2022

Next up in our guide to Election manifestos is a party devoted to making lists, the SDLP.

Manifestos: Sinn Fein

3 May 2022

Scope’s manifesto series continues with the party that is leading in all the polls.

Manifestos: People Before Profit

3 May 2022

The manifesto series continues with People Before Profit. Will they return more than one MLA this time round? Read about their pitch to voters here.

Manifestos: the Green Party of Northern Ireland

29 Apr 2022

Scope’s look at party manifestos ahead of the Assembly election on May 5 continues.

Manifestos: the Alliance Party

28 Apr 2022

Next in our election series looking at party manifestos comes those most significant others, Alliance.

Manifestos: Traditional Unionist Voice

28 Apr 2022

Next up in Scope’s series on election manifestos is the TUV, which wants to reform Stormont so it’s more like the EU.

Manifestos: the Ulster Unionist Party

27 Apr 2022

The Assembly election takes place next Thursday. Scope will examine each of the local party’s manifestos in turn. First up is the UUP.

Good mental health starts in early years

Photo by Robert on Unsplash

21 Apr 2022

If interventions are better early rather than late, then perhaps it makes sense to make them as soon as possible.

Calling time on the last taboo

21 Apr 2022

Death continues to be the last great taboo.

Calling time on the last taboo

21 Apr 2022

Death continues to be the last great taboo.

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