Highland trout firm accused of animal welfare abuses
Covert filming of farmed trout apparently suffering at an abattoir last year led to a firm being formally warned. New footage has prompted a fresh complaint.
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Overcrowding and mental distress: Scottish Government urged to address prison concerns
Concerns about prison overcrowding and the lack of appropriate care for women prisoners in acute mental distress, previously raised by
Trafficked: concerns over criminalisation of young Vietnamese found in cannabis factories
Human rights organisations have raised concerns that young trafficking survivors in Scotland – including Vietnamese children found in cannabis factories – are
‘Affront to democracy’: campaigners warn college privatisation sets ‘dangerous’ precedent
Campaigners and teaching unions have warned that the privatisation of Shetland college could set a dangerous precedent that could see
SQA’s failure to act on pupil warnings makes ‘mockery’ of child rights commitment
Secondary school pupils warned the Scottish Qualifications Authority in November 2020 that plans to compare 2021 grades to past results
Transport Scotland £500m fund claim branded ‘absurd’ by campaigners
Campaigners have branded a claim made by Transport Scotland that no correspondence exists about its flagship bus partnership fund policy
‘We have to be optimists’: how can Scotland rebuild trust?
Scotland needs a radical shift in the way that power and influence are distributed to help address democratic deficits and
Revealed: how landowner lobbied minister on spaceport
Scotland’s biggest private landowner has been attacked as “manipulative” and “undemocratic” after The Ferret revealed that his company secretly
Power & Influence: the top 10 most influential people in Scotland
So who runs Scotland? That’s been the central question of The Ferret and The Herald’s week-long investigation.
Meet the quango class: people who serve on the boards of Scotland’s public bodies
Influential bankers, retired senior civil servants, well-connected industry insiders, powerful chief executives and former politicians – meet Scotland’s quango
Mind the pay gap: quango chief execs paid more than £10m
The chief executives of quangos appointed by Scottish Government ministers were paid over £10m in total last year, leading to
‘Big energy’ dominates lobbying of Scottish Government amid climate crisis
Questions have been raised over the power and influence of energy companies following analysis by The Ferret revealing how key
Fuel, fishing, finance: powerful interests dominate Scotland Office meetings
Big business including oil and renewable energy, farming, fishing, finance and whisky dominated Scotland Office ministers’ meetings last year, analysis