Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Writer Alexander McCall Smith and composer Tom Cunningham talk to Janice Forsyth about their Songs of Edinburgh collaboration. Plus The Fast Show's Simon Day drops in.

A new organisation was launched yesterday to highlight and challenge the impact of austerity measures in Scotland. The Scottish Leaders Welfare Group formed by Citizens Advice Scotland, includes Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, Church of Scotland Moderator Rev John Chalmers and Grahame Smith of the Scottish Trade Union Congress. Lord John McFall, who chairs the group, said they hope to gather "empirical evidence" of the damaging effect of benefits cuts to present to the UK and Scottish Governments. He went on to say "It is a system that is not fit for purpose."
Louise asks: Is the welfare system fit for purpose?

1 hour, 54 minutes

Last on

Tue 9 Dec 2014 14:05

Music Played

  • John Lennon

    Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

    Singer: Yoko Ono.
  • Ryan Adams

    Am I Safe

  • Tom Cunningham

    Celtic Spirit

    Lyricist: Alexander McCall Smith.
  • Culture Club

    More Than Silence

  • George Ezra

    Listen To The Man

Rally and Broad

Rally and Broad

Rally and Broad the poetry team curating ‘Home Straits’

Broadcast

  • Tue 9 Dec 2014 14:05

The Janice Forsyth Show on Facebook

We're on Facebook - Why not come along and visit?