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.
Mercedes Villalba
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Robertson sought changes to record of Israel meeting after media storm
Angus Robertson had the minutes of his controversial meeting with an Israeli diplomat changed after a public backlash – because he
Plans to keep gas plant open could “blow hole” in climate targets
Energy giant SSE may keep Scotland’s dirtiest power station open until 2040 – ten years longer than planned – which critics
Study finds poor land buyout regulation days after land reform bill delay
A Scottish Government-commissioned report has found the demand to buy rural land for green investments could deepen divides between landowners
Ex-oil lobbyist to be new Scottish Water chair
The new chair of Scottish Water has shares in Shell and is a former oil lobbyist, prompting questions about her
More than 50 waters fail quality tests due to metal pollution from mines
More than 50 rivers and groundwaters have failed quality tests because they have been contaminated by toxic metals flowing from
Scotland’s forests dominated by estates, investors and absentee owners, says report
Ownership of Scotland’s forests is becoming increasingly dominated by wealthy estates, investors and absentee owners who live outwith Scotland,
NatureScot killed 57 geese for bird flu tests after UK law confusion
Scotland’s wildlife agency killed 57 barnacle geese to study the impact of avian flu because they wrongly feared it
Tory funders own more than £50m of Scottish property in secretive tax havens
Major financial backers of the Conservative Party – including personal donors to Boris Johnson – own lucrative properties across Scotland through secretive
Scotland’s ‘unlawful’ bathing water policy challenged by Environmental Rights Centre
A green charity has complained to Environmental Standards Scotland about the Scottish Government’s allegedly “unlawful” approach to protecting bathing
Concerns over ongoing ‘bullying’ and secretive culture at environmental regulator
Staff at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency claim that a bullying, “male dominated culture” persists at the regulator, despite the
NatureScot signs off subsidies to billionaire’s estate for burning heather…and restoring land
NatureScot has been criticised for signing off £120,000 of taxpayers’ money to a Highland estate for peatland restoration, while
Revealed: The developers behind Scotland’s carbon credit ‘green rush’
Scotland’s richest man, an oil giant, an earl, and private equity and property firms are among those developing carbon