Claim John Swinney stayed at Peter Mandelson's residence is Mostly True
The first minister has been criticised online for staying with Mandelson on a trip to the US last year. We looked at the truth behind the claims.
Deborah Long
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The 13 nature champions rejected by government nature agency
Thirteen leading nature, environment and countryside advocates have been rejected as board members by the Scottish Government’s nature agency,
Wildlife at risk after fivefold drop in official monitoring
Formal monitoring of Scotland’s most precious and threatened wildlife by the Scottish Government’s nature agency has been slashed
Warning that wildlife in danger from ‘staggering’ 40% funding cuts
Scottish Government funding for major environment bodies has been slashed by 40 per cent over the last decade putting nature
Revealed: how Scotland’s wildlife is suffering
More than 1,700 of Scotland’s most precious wild animals, plants and places are in a poor state – and
Rare Scottish wildlife left without legal protection
Some of Scotland’s rarest wildlife is at risk of disappearing because the Scottish Government has for years ignored repeated