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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Claim 40 per cent of Scottish Labour members support independence is Unsupported
[sc name=”FFS”] The Labour Party’s future position on a Scottish independence referendum has been called into question after
Internal Market Bill: Claim SNP voted to scrap 545,000 jobs is False
[sc name=”ffs” ] The UK Government wants powers to oversee the way goods and services are traded within the UK
Scottish farmers ‘forced out’ of business by ‘mega dairies’
The Scottish and UK Governments are being urged to change the rules to stop “mega dairies” and supermarkets paying low
Podcast: Nightlife culture under threat from Covid-19 restrictions
The Scottish Government’s lack of engagement with the country’s nightlife culture – such as clubs and music venues – is
Golf resort linked to Lord’s estate handed £100k Covid bailout
A Scottish Government agency has been criticised after handing £100,000 in Covid-19 bailout funds to a luxury golfing
Private developers get £100m from housing fund but build just 700 affordable homes
A £150m housing fund has awarded more than £100m to private firms, prompting claims the Scottish Government is “doling out
Claim Scots will be £2,000 worse off after independence is Unsupported
Each year the General Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) report is published, and each year the document sparks controversy. A
Wildlife agency under fire for ‘sickening’ beaver images
The Scottish Government’s wildlife agency has come under fierce attack for including images of dead and dying beavers – including
Billionaire-owned shooting properties offered tax relief
Nine out of ten of Scotland’s shooting properties, including some owned by billionaires, are exempt from paying £10.5
Plan to run Hunterston’s cracked reactors for another year
The energy company, EDF, is planning to operate a cracked and ageing nuclear power station at Hunterston in North Ayrshire
Free market think-tanks advising UK government lack diversity
Free market think-tanks advising the UK government are “disappointingly” lacking in both racial and gender diversity, new analysis by
Probe sparks calls for Scots property ownership data to be free
A series of investigations by The Ferret have sparked calls for the Scottish Government to publish data on Scottish property