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.
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Scots charity in trans rights row after announcing change to bathroom access
A Scottish charity may be discriminating against transgender staff after announcing a change to bathroom access following the recent UK
Explainer: The Supreme Court gender ruling
The Supreme Court’s decision on how to legally define a woman under equality law is having a wide impact
Patriotic Alternative could face legal action over whites-only Christmas campaign
A far right group has been warned that its whites-only Christmas campaign may have been unlawful. The Equality and Human
Far right group linked to neo-Nazis applies to register as a political party
A far-right group recruiting in Scotland with links to neo-Nazis has applied to register officially as a political party. Patriotic
No Black senior executives in Scottish listed companies
Not one of Scotland’s 48 listed companies features a Black executive on its senior management team while just six
Home Office accused of racial profiling after 200 targeted in Glasgow
More than 200 British citizens in Glasgow underwent spot checks by immigration officers in 21 months, prompting claims the Home
Asylum seekers in Scotland deprived of health care
Destitute asylum seekers in Scotland are not getting proper healthcare because the UK government denies them recourse to public funds,
Young people with autism ‘failed’ by Scottish school system
Young people with autism are being failed by Scottish schools, with children and young people with additional needs unlawfully excluded
Travellers suffer ‘appalling discrimination’, say human rights groups
The situation for Scotland’s Gypsy Travellers has “gone backwards” with people suffering “appalling discrimination”, a health crisis and high
Home Office accused of racial profiling in Scottish immigration “raids”
Almost one in three spot checks carried out by immigration officers in Glasgow over the last five years were on
UK ‘distorts’ torture evidence putting lives at risk
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