Revealed: Deer management cost public purse at least £135m in a decade
Deer overpopulation in many parts of Scotland is harming the environment. Attempts to tackle the longstanding issue are costing taxpayers tens of millions of pounds.
Neil Findlay
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Baillie Gifford ‘hypocrisy’ on £400m fossil fuel investments
An investment firm which funnels hundreds of millions of pounds into the fossil fuel industry has been attacked for “hypocrisy”
Firms linked to tax havens profit from NHS recruitment crisis
Firms profiting from NHS Scotland’s recruitment crisis have links to tax havens and pay their directors up to £184,
MSP pension fund aims to be more ethical – but ups fossil fuel investment
The company managing Holyrood’s £86 million pension fund has ploughed more money into fossil fuels and opposed bids to
Jo Swinson criticised over donor links to fossil fuels and tax avoidance
The new Liberal Democrat leader, Jo Swinson, has come under fire from political opponents for accepting donations from the director
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
Scotland’s richest MSP’s firm pockets £185,000 in business grant ‘shambles’
Scotland’s richest MSP is under pressure to return a £185,000 property development grant after bungling officials failed to
New Brexit poll analysis shows most people now back remain
Public opinion across the UK has shifted decisively against Brexit over the last 18 months, according to an analysis of
Scottish Parliament to review ethics of pension investments
Holyrood’s £82 million pension fund is to be reviewed after campaigners questioned whether some of its investments were ethical.
Bats facing death due to railway bridge repairs
Hundreds of bats could have been condemned to lingering deaths cemented into railway bridges by repairs that breached official guidelines.
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
Revealed: Boris Johnson’s Afghan trip cost taxpayers £20,000
Boris Johnson’s widely criticised trip to Afghanistan when a crucial vote was due on Heathrow’s third runway cost
Call for Westminster probe into Tory ‘dark money’ donations
A campaign group has written to Westminster’s Commissioner for Standards to request an investigation into the conduct of two