Claim 'abortion to birth' is now legal in the UK is Mostly False
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Officers’ attempt to avoid punishment over ‘racist’ messages costs Police Scotland £200,000
An attempt by ten police officers to block disciplinary action being taken against them for allegedly sharing racist and antisemitic
Fewer than half of Scottish Government’s pledged rural homes built
The Scottish Government has built fewer than half of the houses promised in rural areas and islands more than four
Post-Brexit secrecy could limit information rights, warns watchdog
Scotland’s information watchdog has urged MSPs to rethink secrecy rules being proposed for a new post-Brexit environmental body. The
Ministers warned on Covid freedom of information failures
The Scottish Government’s freedom of information performance has collapsed during the coronavirus pandemic – undermining public accountability when it is
Private developers get £100m from housing fund but build just 700 affordable homes
A £150m housing fund has awarded more than £100m to private firms, prompting claims the Scottish Government is “doling out
Revealed: the 16,000 hidden victims of Edinburgh Airport noise
As many as 16,000 more people than officially admitted have been exposed to noise pollution from Edinburgh Airport, according
Seal scarers used by fish farms branded ‘sonic torture’
Noise alarms used by the salmon farming industry to scare away seals could damage the hearing of whales, dolphins and
Fergus Ewing is ‘un-ministerial’, says civil service union
The rural economy secretary, Fergus Ewing, has been criticised for “an abdication of responsibility” and as “very un-ministerial” by a
Fergus Ewing attacked over 25 meetings with fish farm firms
The rural economy secretary, Fergus Ewing, has been accused of breaching the ministerial code by failing to record 25 meetings
Toxic fish farm pesticide polluted ten lochs across Scotland
Ten lochs across Scotland have been polluted by a toxic pesticide used by fish farms to control fungus, parasites and
MSPs reject Scottish Government curbs on freedom of information rights
The Scottish Government has been forced to withdraw all the emergency relaxations it made to freedom of information (FoI) law
Information law must be toughened to prevent evasion, say MSPs
A new law requiring Scottish Government meetings to be minuted to prevent any “deliberate attempt” to evade freedom of information