‘Backroom’ lobbying on Coul Links golf plan under fire
Scottish ministers have been privately urged to back plans for a golf course on a coastal wildlife site. This has been condemned as “backdoor lobbying that tries to bypass the rules”.
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Survivor of child torture fights deportation to Rwanda
A Syrian survivor of childhood torture and detention has become the second person in Scotland to fight Home Office plans
Claim Scotland has taken in 20 per cent of UK’s refugees from Ukraine is False
Thousands of refugees from Ukraine have come to the UK since Russia invaded the country in February. The UK Government
Revealed: More than 200 data breaches at Aberdeenshire Council
A Scottish council which boasted of its high data protection standards had more than 200 data breaches in two years
Closure of historic Edinburgh footpath to be reviewed
The closure of one of Edinburgh’s most famous footpaths is to be reviewed following pressure from access and conservation
Glasgow’s foster carers accuse council officials of breaking budget promises
A trade union representing foster carers in Glasgow will this week submit a collective complaint to the city council, accusing
Escalating asylum seeker deaths prompt calls for inquiry
An escalating number of deaths in the asylum system are being “brushed under the carpet” it has been claimed, as
Government gives backing to journalism body – but no cash
The Scottish Government has backed a proposal to set up a new independent agency aimed at stemming the collapse of
FFS explains: Rwanda flights and European Court of Human Rights
The UK Government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was stalled this week after a last minute intervention
Family fleeing Iraq death threats housed in ‘filthy and infested’ Home Office flat
Afran opens a drawer and pulls out creams and tablets, prescribed to deal with the bites covering his children’s
Seeking safety: Rwanda deportation case to be heard in Scottish courts
A Syrian father of three, who fled for his life and was facing deportation by the Home Office to Rwanda,
Calls for Dundee women to be offered support without pregnancy ‘pause’ conditions
Critics of a controversial project which works with vulnerable mothers in Dundee have called for programme rules – insisting women who
Scots pension funds invest nearly half a billion in firms still doing business in Russia
Scotland’s two largest local government pension funds have nearly half a billion pounds invested in firms which are still