09/12/2014
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?
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Music Played
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John Lennon
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Singer: Yoko Ono. -
Ryan Adams
Am I Safe
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Tom Cunningham
Celtic Spirit
Lyricist: Alexander McCall Smith. -
Culture Club
More Than Silence
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George Ezra
Listen To The Man
Rally and Broad
Rally and Broad the poetry team curating ‘Home Straits’
Broadcast
- Tue 9 Dec 2014 14:05´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Scotland
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