The police force protecting our nuclear sites keeps losing classified stuff
Three years ago we revealed a "litany" of security incidents within the police force which guards nuclear plants. They haven't reduced much since.
Politics and power
The Ferret investigates how power structures impact Scotland.
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Revealed: Scottish wind farms owned in tax havens
One of Scotland’s leading wind power companies has come under attack for allegedly avoiding millions of pounds of tax
SNP diversity drive was ‘window dressing’, say party insiders
A major SNP drive to increase diversity amongst its MSPs has been accused by party insiders of being “window dressing”
Highland hunting clients paying up to £8,000 to shoot ‘trophy’ animals
A company promoting the trophy hunting of animals in northwest Scotland offers people the chance to shoot rare stags for
Alarm over plan to break up nuclear submarines at Hunterston
The company that runs the port at Hunterston in North Ayrshire wants to use it to break up the radioactive
SNP health minister wanted to stop freedom of information during Covid-19
Scotland’s health secretary wanted to suspend freedom of information (FoI) legislation in response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to
Disclosure Scotland spends £8m on temporary staff amid “chaos” with new IT system
Scotland’s criminal records checking agency is continuing to spend millions of pounds to manually deal with disclosure applications more
Scottish Welfare Fund failing families in financial crisis
The Scottish Welfare Fund, which the Scottish Government claims is there to help people who need it most, has failed
Facebook removes Scottish pages linked to QAnon conspiracy
Facebook has removed a number of Scottish groups on its platform identified by The Ferret as being associated with a
Scots Oil firm linked to man at centre of Brexit donation mystery collapses
A Scottish oil and gas company linked to the man behind the Democratic Unionist Party’s mysterious £435,000 Brexit
Deleted police records on thousands of Scots still held by other public bodies
Data on thousands of Scots that has been deleted from a controversial Police Scotland database over privacy concerns may still
Officers’ attempt to avoid punishment over ‘racist’ messages costs Police Scotland £200,000
An attempt by ten police officers to block disciplinary action being taken against them for allegedly sharing racist and antisemitic
Facebook pages promoting banned QAnon cult still live
Facebook pages in Scotland promoting a cult called QAnon have not been removed by the social media giant despite a