We’re back for out second election podcast, sneaking in here just before the Easter weekend. In this week’s podcast, Mairi Spowage and Emma Congreve reflect on the first full week of the election campaign and the themes that came up in this week’s leaders debate.
We also have a guest segment from Peter MacMahon, ITV Border’s Political Editor, to talk about the big political themes as well as what is on table policy wise this election, nationally and in the south of Scotland specifically.
Contributors:
Mairi Spowage, Interim Director, FAI
Emma Congreve, Head of Poverty & Equalities Analysis FAI
Peter MacMahon, Political Editor ITV Border
Timestamps:
(00:44) Doubling the Scottish Child Payment (Emma)
(06:25) Carer and disability social security powers (Emma)
(08:28) Guest segment with Peter MacMahon
(16:56) Universal Basic Income (Mairi)
(21:28) Update on the economy this week (Mairi)
Links
Understanding Social Security in Scotland: Working age disability and carer benefits
Election 2021 Issue brief: Universal Basic Income
https://fraserofallander.org/election-2021-issue-brief-universal-basic-income/
Household incomes and the 2021 election
https://fraserofallander.org/election-2021-issue-brief-universal-basic-income/
The economic backdrop to the Scottish election
https://fraserofallander.org/the-economic-backdrop-to-the-scottish-election/
Authors
The Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI) is a leading economy research institute based in the Department of Economics at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.