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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Scotland’s green watchdog wined and dined by polluters
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has been repeatedly wined and dined by the fish farming, whisky and power industries,
Watchdog probes freedom of information failings by Scottish Government
The new Scottish Information Commissioner has launched an investigation into allegations that the Scottish Government blocked or delayed freedom of
Pesticide report suppressed after freedom of information warning
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) ditched a written report to its board on a fish farm pesticide following fears
Airport blunder mars consultation on new flight paths
Edinburgh airport has been accused of “convenient incompetence” after admitting that a blunder on its website resulted in public consultation
Revealed: Scottish ministers’ meetings with fracking firm
Senior Scottish ministers have held private meetings with the fracking firm Ineos and Grangemouth executives from China five times in
Charlotte Street Partners lobbying for Rupert Murdoch papers
Influential PR firm Charlotte Street Partners is lobbying on behalf of Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper titles in Scotland, The Ferret
Ineos boss lobbied Osborne to bust unions and back fracking
Jim Ratcliffe, the boss of Grangemouth petrochemical giant Ineos, secretly lobbied George Osborne when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer
Pollution watchdog using polluters to help hire staff
Scotland’s environmental watchdog has been accused of being “in bed” with multinational companies after inviting the whisky industry to
Revealed: the £932m cost of private finance projects
Private finance schemes to fund roads and hospitals have blasted a £932 million hole in the Scottish Government’s budget
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
Nuclear convoy collisions and breakdowns exposed
The nuclear bomb convoys that shuttle across the country have reported 43 safety incidents in the last three years, according
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