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.
Mark Kennedy
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Woman awarded £229,000 after deceit by spycop overseen by Scotland’s former police chief
An environmental activist deceived into an intimate relationship by an undercover police officer who operated in Scotland has been awarded
Scottish police watchdog under fire for spycops review
A review of undercover policing by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) failed to look into claims
Spycops: judge rejects claim for undercover police inquiry in Scotland
An environmental campaigner targeted by police has failed to persuade a judge that an undercover policing inquiry should be extended
Scotland’s former police chief sanctioned spycop who duped women into sex
Scotland’s former police chief personally signed off an undercover operation which involved an officer duping a woman into sex.
Spycop’s alias confirmed by public inquiry
The public inquiry into the policing scandal has confirmed the undercover identity of a police officer who is believed to
Revealed: links between covert Scots police units and official review
The close links to covert police units in Scotland of a former detective probing undercover policing are revealed today by
Review of secret police condemned as a “whitewash”
A review of undercover policing as ordered by the Scottish Government has been condemned as a “whitewash” and an “insult”
Spy cops assured immunity at Pitchford Inquiry
Retired police officers who give evidence to an inquiry into undercover policing will not face retrospective action for wrongdoing, The
Spy cop seeks immunity from misconduct proceedings
A former officer with the Met Police at the centre of a public inquiry into undercover policing has requested an
Scottish Government urged to obtain fake names of spy cops
A key witness at the Pitchford Inquiry has asked the Scottish Government to obtain the fake names used by undercover
Police chief leading Operation Herne ‘unfit’ for role
The policeman leading an internal investigation into the undercover policing scandal at the Met Police is “unfit” for the role
LinkedIn profile reveals Angus salesman ran secret police unit
A sales engineer from Angus was in charge of a secret police squad being investigated by a public inquiry. Paul