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Arts funding should be higher – and uncontroversial
The arts are often treated as an economic sick man. This does not reflect reality. Two new reports from the Arts Council highlight the importance of investment.
The £20 Universal Credit should stay. History says the cut will go ahead.
The reality of Universal Credit has always been at war with its stated aims. The £20 uplift should stay – or be increased – but reducing payments would be in keeping with standards set by this major welfare reform.
The pandemic, women, and Building Back Better
The Women’s Policy Group NI has relaunched its Covid-19 Feminist Recovery Plan. Scope looks at why this is important.
Climate change is here and now
The UK is already feeling the effects of climate change. A new report by the British Red Cross identifies the impact of heatwaves, how these will intensity, and what should be done in response.
Back to school for children with SEN?
Stormont’s budget process and its vision for Northern Ireland are out of sync
Northern Ireland is strapped for cash. Using money well is essential for government. According to a recent NIAO report, that is not happening.
Duty of Candour: decision time looms for Swann
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 pandemic has “turbo-charged” wealth inequality
The UK was already financially unequal. Covid-19 has made that worse. Any social and economic recovery must take this into account.
NI and climate change: a fork in the road
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.
The third sector: confidence, reinvigoration and recognition
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.
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