‘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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FFS Explains: How do people claim asylum in the UK?
The recent media coverage of people crossing the English channel in boats to claim asylum has led to heated discussion
Scottish taxpayers fund radar for drone armed with air-to-air missiles
A radar funded by Scottish taxpayers has been developed for a drone used in warfare that can be armed with
Twenty children killed in Yemen since UK resumed selling bombs to Saudi Arabia
Twenty children have been killed in Yemen since the UK government resumed arms sales to Saudi Arabia just over one
Trident damned as ‘deadly farce’ after costs rise £1bn
The cost of UK programmes to replace Trident and nuclear submarines on the Clyde increased by over £1 billion in
Oil firm backed by Scots investment company pulls out of Peruvian Amazon project
An oil firm backed by a Scots investment company and accused of endangering an Indigenous group under lockdown in the
UK government branded “disgraceful” after resuming arms sales to Saudi Arabia
The UK government has been condemned after announcing it would resume selling arms to Saudi Arabia despite admitting it has
Kidnapped by the state: Mexico’s political prisoners in the Covid-19 pandemic
After three days of torture by police officers in the Mexican state of Puebla, Primo Villalva Domínguez, a farmer and
Catholic church told to shut down gay conversion therapy groups
The Catholic Church has been told to act swiftly to shut down groups across Scotland promoting gay conversion therapy after
Call for inquiry after Glasgow stabbing incident at hotel
There must be an inquiry into decisions taken by the Home Office and its housing contractor to move hundreds of
Row erupts over firm’s briefings to MPs on asylum seeker housing
A row has broken out between the private company responsible for housing asylum seekers in Glasgow and refugee charities and
Police did not protect ‘terrified’ refugees at protest from far right attacks, organisers claim
Refugee organisers of a Glasgow protest in support of asylum seekers have accused Police Scotland of failing to adequately protect
UK government broke inspection rules at Scottish bomb factory
The UK government has failed to meet its official criteria for conducting “regular and thorough inspections” of arms facilities every