Revealed: Deer management cost public purse at least £135m in a decade
Deer overpopulation in many parts of Scotland is harming the environment. Attempts to tackle the longstanding issue are costing taxpayers tens of millions of pounds.
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Russian donors have given £3.5 million to the Conservative party
The Conservatives have received significant recent cash injections from a number of Russian donors and their associates, an investigation has
Climate change denier makes big donations to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt
A prominent climate change sceptic’s company has donated £25,000 each to both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt’s
Former Brexit minister under fire for meeting Spanish far right
Westminster’s former Brexit minister, Chris Heaton-Harris, has been accused of breaching the ministerial code for meeting privately with the
Westminster ordered to name MPs in hard Brexit lobby group
The Information Commissioner has ruled that the UK government must name the MPs that belong to the European Research Group
Revealed: The dark-money Brexit ads flooding social media
Over the past week tens of thousands of pounds has been spent on Facebook adverts promoting a No Deal Brexit.
Revealed: the dirty secrets of the DUP’s ‘dark money’ Brexit donor
MPs have called upon Richard Cook, the man behind a secretive group that channelled £435,000 to the DUP’s
Liam Fox spends tens of millions on firms warning of Brexit dangers
Liam Fox’s Brexit trade department has spent tens of millions on companies that have warned of “chaos” and economic
Family accused of providing ‘substandard’ homeless accommodation paid £15m
A family business running homeless bed and breakfasts (B&Bs) and hostels in Edinburgh that have attracted repeated complaints
Councils paid £660m for temporary homeless accommodation
Local authorities across Scotland have paid out more than half a billion pounds putting homeless people in temporary accommodation such
‘Serious flaw’ in management of Brexit donor Arron Banks’s charity
A charity set up by Brexit backer, Arron Banks, has been strongly criticised by the Charity Commission. The regulator found
Think tank adviser had unminuted meetings with Brexit policymakers
A former trade adviser to controversial think tank the Legatum Institute held numerous unminuted meetings with senior Brexit policymakers including
Think tank ‘crossed the line’ on Brexit, Charity Commission finds
A controversial think tank called the Legatum Institute has been strongly criticised by charity regulators following an investigation first reported