Climate and the Environment Wealthy landowners are making millions from Scottish wind farms. You’re subsidising them Our latest investigation has found the financial rewards of Scotland’s energy transition are being unevenly distributed. The money earned by landowners often dwarfs the payments that wind farm developers make to local communities. Louis Boyd-Madsen, Paul Dobson May 10, 2026
Fact Checks Claim SNP government only increased teacher numbers by 75 is Mostly True Conservative candidate Meghan Gallacher made the claim in a special education debate hosted by the BBC. Alastair Brian May 7, 2026
Denoiser Businessmen and wealthy donors are bankrolling Scottish politics. Who are they? The Ferret did a deep dive into the Electoral Commission’s donation records to find out who was funding Scotland's political parties. Jamie Mann May 6, 2026
Politics and power Revealed: Scots pension funds invest in firms blacklisted by UN Scotland’s two largest council pension funds have invested in companies reported to be on a United Nations (UN) blacklist Billy Briggs Dec 7, 2017
Human rights Call for investigation after arms firms links to Whitehall exposed A US arms company linked to alleged war crimes in Yemen had an employee working at the Department of International Billy Briggs Nov 9, 2017
Politics and power Scottish taxpayers give Italian arms firm £6m An Italian arms multinational with sales worth nearly £7 billion in 2015 has received more than £6 million of taxpayers’ Billy Briggs Oct 17, 2017
Human rights 28 firms from Scotland due to attend arms fair in London At least 28 firms from Scotland are due to attend an arms fair in London dubbed a “festival of violence” Billy Briggs Sep 12, 2017