Social Policy
Should we have the right to die on our own terms?
5 Aug 2015Ryan Miller Health, Social Policy, Equality
Debate about right to die - and the right to help our loved ones do so, if they wish - is growing in the UK. Scope looks at a deceptively simple point of principle and its complex fine details.
The inevitable equality - why NI will embrace same-sex marriage
29 Jul 2015Ryan Miller Social Policy, Equality
A key figure in the successful marriage equality campaign in the Republic of Ireland says Northern Ireland will move into line with the rest of the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
Spooky action at an unknown distance - GCHQ and Amnesty International
27 Jul 2015Ryan Miller Politics, Social Policy
The security services exist to protect us as citizens and allow us to live in freedom. Scope speaks with spying victims Amnesty International about whether spying on human rights organisations can fulfil that purpose.
A complex solution to a simple problem
24 Jul 2015Nick Garbutt Mental Health, Social Policy
Analysis: Colin Harper of the Belfast Law Centre on the Mental Capacity Bill
Same sex marriage battle goes to court
24 Jun 2015Nick Garbutt Social Policy
The first gay couple to celebrate a civil partnership in Northern Ireland are seeking a judicial review challenging the ban on gay couples getting married here.
A healthy approach to asylum that will help us all
16 Jun 2015Ryan Miller Health, Equality, Social Policy
There won’t be huge political fanfare, but a recent DHSSPS decision to increase access to free healthcare amongst vulnerable groups will save money and improve everyone’s health. Scope looks at why.
Shaking up social policy
15 Jun 2015Ryan Miller Social Policy
Scope provides an update on the recent series of articles on abortion in Northern Ireland, an area of policy that is under extreme scrutiny currently, with developments coming at pace.
Will the courts force through abortion reform?
28 Apr 2015Nick Garbutt Social Policy
In the latest in our series on abortion Scope examines the impending court case which could force the Assembly's hand on reform.
Abortion: the lives of others
28 Apr 2015Ryan Miller Social Policy
David Smyth of the Evangelical Alliance, writing exclusively for Scope, challenges those currently calling for changes to Northern Ireland's abortion law
Modern slavery - antiquity down your street
27 Apr 2015Ryan Miller Social Policy, Equality
For most people the word slavery will evoke the distant and disconnected past. But for some people it is a reality in the here and now.
