Getting To Work On A Lost Generation
They pay no taxes, cost the country millions in maintenance and most are unlikely to vote in three weeks’ time. Disaffected, disenfranchised and disengaged, they are the so-called “Neet” generation.
Read MoreThey pay no taxes, cost the country millions in maintenance and most are unlikely to vote in three weeks’ time. Disaffected, disenfranchised and disengaged, they are the so-called “Neet” generation.
Read MoreA record number of people now behind bars in Scotland has led to a call for a rethink on sentencing policy. Last month there were 7,378 people in jail – a new high despite 15 years of falling crime rates.
Read MoreScotland’s political parties set out their plans on international aid at a hustings event on Sunday. Following a call by eight of Scotland’s leading aid agencies, the main parties detailed what they intended to do to tackle global poverty.
Read MoreOur Health Service faces a time of unpopular but necessary restructuring – some of which will be left to the new Assembly. Claire Regan reports on the task ahead for our new Health Minister and MLAs.
Read MoreA poll commissioned by the Irish Penal Reform Trust has found that the majority of voters surveyed prefer non-custodial programmes over prison for most offenders.
Read MoreBBC Children in Need has announced grants totalling more than £1.2m for projects in Northern Ireland. One hundred and sixty-four schemes will benefit, including one in Lurgan to help alienated young people.
Read MoreNurses working for five health service providers around the country will hold a one-hour work stoppage later this morning, as part of their campaign for better pay and shorter working hours.
Read MoreA man has been charged with the rape of a 74-year-old woman at her home in Wrexham. Keith Sharp, 33, from the north east of England but currently of no fixed abode, is charged with the alleged attack which took place on Tuesday.
Read MoreChildcare that would allow pupils to spend 50 hours a week in school could undermine family life, teachers said yesterday.
Read MoreA computer analyst who posted a message on the internet offering to help suicide attempts was cleared yesterday of breaking the law after a judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence.
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