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This academic year will hopefully face far less disruption than the previous two. This is important for all children – especially those with special educational needs.

A disturbing new report reveals the vulnerability of charities and small businesses in Northern Ireland to cyber-crime.

Northern Ireland is strapped for cash. Using money well is essential for government. According to a recent NIAO report, that is not happening.

When medical staff make mistakes in treatment it is imperative that they are faced up to and that the families of those affected are told.

The UK was already financially unequal. Covid-19 has made that worse. Any social and economic recovery must take this into account.

This month Belfast’s oldest charity the Belfast Charitable Society celebrates the 250th anniversary of the building of its home, Clifton House.

Scope takes a look at how NI’s two competing climate change bills shape up when compared with wider UK policy, and the reality of our changing planet as laid down in the new IPCC report.

Next month the Church of England’s first Housing Bishop will be officially installed at a ceremony at Chelmsford Cathedral.

If we want to use the pandemic as a line in the sand, and to create a better society and economy during this period of great upheaval, the third sector needs to be more than an afterthought.

The £20-a-week cut to Universal Credit planned for October will be the biggest overnight drop in the basic rate of social security since the foundation of the welfare state, according to analysis from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.  

The Education Authority has acknowledged failures but it will have to prove that any reforms are genuine.

Last June, during the most severe health crisis we have ever faced, the board of the Northern Ireland’s health and social care regulator, the RQIA resigned en masse.

Digital exclusion might not effect a huge proportion of children – albeit a lack of data makes it hard to be sure – but those who are excluded are at a massive disadvantage.

Most of us have ended up wealthier as the result of the pandemic, according to research published this week.

Northern Ireland finally has its own Youth Assembly. Scope speaks with the NI Youth Forum about why this is so important, how it can boost youth engagement in the broadest sense – and improve local politics at the same time.

The next decade will be critical for the economy which is why we cannot afford for our politicians to be blindsided by constitutional issues – no matter how important they might appear to be to some.

Play is in our nature – and it’s there for a reason. Scope speaks with PlayBoard NI CEO Jacqueline O’Loughlin about how children and young people need more support to explore themselves and the world around them.

The imbroglio of the Northern Ireland protocol has served to demonstrate just how important EU membership was to the peace process – and the scale of the instability we now face.

Carers face so many challenges that some – such as loneliness – do not get the attention they deserve.

Northern Ireland’s first co-housing project was launched earlier this month on a 13 acre site on the outskirts of Portaferry, Co Down.