Named: the salmon farms rapped over animal welfare
In the past the UK Animal and Plant Health Agency kept secret the salmon farms it censured on animal welfare grounds. Now it has changed its mind.
Politics and power
The Ferret investigates how power structures impact Scotland.
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Councils pay millions to media and marketing firms
Scotland’s councils have been accused of spending funds that could have been used for staff pay and public services
Council contracts with debt collectors worth up to £20m
Local authorities have been accused of issuing “escalating threats” to people behind on their council tax, after The Ferret found
Half of Scots councils are ‘mismanaging’ community funds
Half of Scotland’s councils have been accused of mismanaging common good funds created to benefit local communities after their
Scottish firms linked to gas tycoon sanctioned over Russia
Dozens of firms registered at an Edinburgh address involve a man sanctioned by the United Nations who is linked to
Government gives backing to journalism body – but no cash
The Scottish Government has backed a proposal to set up a new independent agency aimed at stemming the collapse of
Industry lobbies MSPs to back nuclear power
The UK nuclear industry has stepped up its lobbying of MSPs in a bid to get the Scottish Parliament to
STUC accuse Scottish Government of ‘tartan Tory austerity’ at cost-of-living summit
Scotland’s Trades Union Congress (STUC) has issued a call for further Scottish Government intervention on the cost of living
Scots pension funds invest nearly half a billion in firms still doing business in Russia
Scotland’s two largest local government pension funds have nearly half a billion pounds invested in firms which are still
Claim Nicola Sturgeon waved a Union Flag at Jubilee event is FFS
The Queen’s Platinum jubilee, marking 70 years of her reign as the UK’s monarch, led to an increase
Banks urged to stop funding Shell if it proceeds with Jackdaw gas field
Climate activists have urged banks to sever financial ties with Shell if it goes ahead with plans to develop a
Claim EU outlawed imperial weights and measures in UK is Mostly False
The UK Government wants to bring back imperial weights and measures to the UK, with reports suggesting the Prime Minister
Offshore wind farms paid ‘measly’ sum to communities
Scotland’s six offshore wind farms have paid just £150,000 to nearby communities in the last 12 months. Holyrood