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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Ineos ‘under-reporting’ climate emissions, says regulator
Ineos has been underestimating climate pollution from its chemical plants at Grangemouth since 2016, according to the Scottish Government’s
Catholic church told to shut down gay conversion therapy groups
The Catholic Church has been told to act swiftly to shut down groups across Scotland promoting gay conversion therapy after
Charlotte Square to Quartermile: Scotland’s tax haven district
Tax haven firms are buying up large swathes of the capital, with many of Edinburgh’s most iconic buildings now
Lawyers threaten to sue Strathclyde Pension Fund over equal pay retirement funds
Lawyers representing thousands of women who secured the largest equal pay settlement in Scottish history are planning legal action against
Revealed: Scottish property worth billions owned by tax haven firms
Foreign companies own £4.4 billion worth of Scottish property, The Ferret can reveal, leading to calls for greater transparency
‘Families are drowning’: urgent calls made for child maintenance payments to be enforced
The UK government must step in to prevent single parent families “drowning in poverty” because their child maintenance payments have
UK government broke inspection rules at Scottish bomb factory
The UK government has failed to meet its official criteria for conducting “regular and thorough inspections” of arms facilities every
Mass shooting of mountain hares to be banned
Landowners will be prevented from mass shooting of mountain hares and salmon farmers face controls on sonic seal scarers after
Seal scarers used by fish farms branded ‘sonic torture’
Noise alarms used by the salmon farming industry to scare away seals could damage the hearing of whales, dolphins and
Tory ‘dark money’ trust fined again by Electoral Commission
A so-called ‘dark money’ trust that gave £416,000 to the Scottish Conservatives has received another fine by the Electoral
Glasgow Council spent nearly £20,000 on Lord Provost portrait
Glasgow City Council has been accused of “ridiculous” spending after a freedom of information request by The Ferret revealed it
UK backing for oil drilling in Brazil and Ghana ‘unforgivable’
Westminster’s £2.5 billion backing for offshore oil and gas projects in Brazil and Ghana risks undermining UK efforts