Why are Scottish wind farms paid billions to switch off?
Despite Scotland’s booming wind sector, turbines are still routinely paid not to spin. The Ferret unpacks why this happens, what makes it so costly, and what it means for your bills.
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Fact check: the final BBC Scottish leaders’ debate
Scottish party leaders’ took to the stage for the final debate before the Holyrood election on 6 May. Nicola Sturgeon,
FFS Explains: what do the manifestos say about austerity?
Austerity is a major election talking point, as the different parties announce their plans for how to deal with the
Call for UK government to “right the wrongs” of a decade of austerity
Leading Scottish campaigners and church leaders have called on politicians elected tomorrow to commit to “righting the wrongs” caused by
‘Tired of just surviving’: how care leavers are fighting back against austerity
Ten days after her 16th birthday Amy-Beth Miah decided she’d had enough of a care system that seemed designed
‘An attack on human rights’: how austerity is eroding the lives of disabled people
For how long, wonders Alan Dick, can you stare at four walls before they start closing in? Seven years ago,
‘Persisting deprivation’: inside Dundee’s drugs crisis
Atop the Law Hill on a blustery day, Ewan Gurr looks down over Dundee and talks about austerity and the
‘There is no safety net’: Fife’s child poverty epidemic
Rhona Cunningham says that when she began working at Fife Gingerbread around 15 years ago child poverty was “not so
Scottish families priced out of rental homes by UK austerity policies
Families on housing benefit are being priced out of homes across Scotland, according to new data that highlights the crisis