MoD confirms potential Scottish bomb sites after Ferret revelations
Government names areas being assessed for new munitions plants after The Ferret uncovers hidden details in a botched FoI response.
Politics and power
The Ferret investigates how power structures impact Scotland.
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‘Big energy’ dominates lobbying of Scottish Government amid climate crisis
Questions have been raised over the power and influence of energy companies following analysis by The Ferret revealing how key
Fuel, fishing, finance: powerful interests dominate Scotland Office meetings
Big business including oil and renewable energy, farming, fishing, finance and whisky dominated Scotland Office ministers’ meetings last year, analysis
Lobbying loophole: How big business influences Scottish ministers without scrutiny
Hundreds of meetings between Scottish ministers and multinationals, wealthy individuals and other influential organisations were left off the lobbying register
Privacy watchdog orders Police Scotland to up standards at mobile phone labs
Police Scotland has failed to meet official standards for gathering evidence from mobile phones four years after a watchdog first
Claim Scottish Government underspent budget is Mostly True
The Scottish Government’s spending has come under heavy scrutiny as Scotland attempts to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. The
The FFS Show Episode 10: Covid-19 in Dundee and Bolton, and what are school children being urged to sing?
Silly season maybe upon us but here at The FFS Show we are still checking the facts that matter. Mags
‘Revolving door’ between government and fishing industry criticised as ex-civil servant takes top role
A former civil servant with the Scottish Government has taken on a prominent role with a major fishing group to
Claim UK Government urging children to sing pro-Britain song is True
Controversy has erupted after it was claimed that the UK Government is supporting school children singing a song in support
Claim Bolton had lower Covid-19 rate than Dundee is Mostly True
The Scottish Government announced at the end of last week that it was restricting travel between Scotland and the northern
More than one million patients unable to opt out of NHS plan to share personal data
A £63m plan to exploit NHS medical records has been criticised for failing to offer patients a choice over whether
The FFS Show Episode 9: How will pupil assessments work this year and did Nicola Sturgeon miss COBRA meetings?
The FFS Show is back with some more fact checks of claims you may have seen online… This week Ali
Scottish Government ‘resisted’ calls to give apology over forced adoptions
The Scottish Government had decided not to apologise to victims of historic forced adoption before meeting with a leading campaigner,