Oops: MoD blunder reveals secret details of bomb project
A botched freedom of information response has revealed sites in the frame for the UK’s expanding weapons programme.
Politics and power
The Ferret investigates how power structures impact Scotland.
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Claim water pollution is worse in Scotland than England is Mostly False
UK environment minister Steve Reed’s comments on pollution levels in Scotland have caused controversy. In an interview with Channel
Fact check: Online claims about secret Afghan resettlement
Did the UK Government spend £7bn to cover up the secrete Afghan refugee scheme?
Claim Scottish Government spent £700 each on bikes for children is Half True
A Scottish Government scheme to give free bikes to school children who cannot afford them has been criticised after reports
Palestine Action: Why has the UK proscribed the group?
MPs have voted to ban activist group Palestine Action, after members broke into a UK military base in Oxfordshire last
Human rights checks on arms firms to be tightened but critics express concern
Human rights due diligence on firms seeking Scottish Government grants will be tightened following criticism that those supplying states accused
Arms firms supplying Israel receive money from the Scottish Government despite genocide claims
Arms firms supplying Israel have continued to receive taxpayers’ money from the Scottish Government despite allegations of genocide in Gaza,
Scots universities took funding from Chinese organisations with military links
Scottish universities have accepted millions of pounds from Chinese organisations with alleged links to the military, human rights abuses and
John Swinney rapped by stats regulator over attainment gap claim
First minister John Swinney has been rapped by the UK statistics regulator for making a misleading claim about Scottish education,
‘Can’t get a meeting in the diary’: Swinney made to wait for crunch meeting with Grangemouth billionaire
It took John Swinney two and a half months to secure a key meeting with Sir Jim Ratcliffe on the
Claim 37 per cent of Scots want to abolish Holyrood is Unsupported
The future of Holyrood was called into question this week, after claims that more than a third of Scots wanted
New bill to widen freedom of information law could cover firms providing public services
A new bill to widen freedom of information legislation in Scotland and cover private firms providing public services has been
Claim knife crime has reduced is Half True
Knife crime has made headlines in recent weeks, after the death of a boy at Irvine beach in May. Kayden