Ministry of Defence under pressure on Trident balloon accident
Local people filmed a large balloon meant to provide last-ditch communications in a nuclear war deflating and crashing. But the Ministry of Defence won’t say anything about it.
Politics and power
The Ferret investigates how power structures impact Scotland.
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Covid-19 graphic shared by John Swinney is Mostly False
Scotland’s deputy first minister and Covid-19 recovery secretary John Swinney was reported to the UK Statistics Authority this
‘Completely Unaffordable’: Flats in former public building let for up to £2,500
Campaigners have renewed calls for more affordable housing and rent controls after it emerged private flats in a former public
Transport Scotland £500m fund claim branded ‘absurd’ by campaigners
Campaigners have branded a claim made by Transport Scotland that no correspondence exists about its flagship bus partnership fund policy
Claim Scotland lagging behind UK on vaccines is Half True
Scotland has moved into a modified version of Level 0 on the Scottish Government’s five-tier system of Covid
‘We have to be optimists’: how can Scotland rebuild trust?
Scotland needs a radical shift in the way that power and influence are distributed to help address democratic deficits and
Revealed: how landowner lobbied minister on spaceport
Scotland’s biggest private landowner has been attacked as “manipulative” and “undemocratic” after The Ferret revealed that his company secretly
Power & Influence: the top 10 most influential people in Scotland
So who runs Scotland? That’s been the central question of The Ferret and The Herald’s week-long investigation.
Meet the quango class: people who serve on the boards of Scotland’s public bodies
Influential bankers, retired senior civil servants, well-connected industry insiders, powerful chief executives and former politicians – meet Scotland’s quango
Scotland’s public boards still failing on gender equality
Women board members appointed to Scotland’s public bodies get paid half a million pounds less than their male counterparts,
Mind the pay gap: quango chief execs paid more than £10m
The chief executives of quangos appointed by Scottish Government ministers were paid over £10m in total last year, leading to
How Scotland’s arms dealers held thousands of meetings with UK Government behind closed doors
Five private companies who employ around three quarters of the workforce in Scotland’s arms industry had thousands of closed
Drinks giants, fashion tycoons, and the world’s richest man: who owns Scotland’s whisky?
Nearly 70 per cent of malt distilleries are ultimately owned by companies outside Scotland with wealthy people linked to the