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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Council faced £700k monthly PFI waste bill even if service was stopped
It was the private finance initiative (PFI) contract aiming to make Dumfries and Galloway council “cleaner and greener”, but which
Claim Sturgeon signed ‘once in a generation’ indyref agreement is Mostly False
The Scottish Conservatives have a new leader, Douglas Ross, who has promised to “leave the old divisions” of nationalism in
No Black senior executives in Scottish listed companies
Not one of Scotland’s 48 listed companies features a Black executive on its senior management team while just six
Pension scheme chasing retirees for money forced to review governance
A £2bn pension scheme chasing retired business owners for payments of up to £1.2m has been forced to review
Tenants ‘sidelined’ as landlords lobby for extra Covid-19 subsidy
Landlord lobbyists have pressured Scottish Government officials for further coronavirus subsidies in regular meetings with civil servants, documents show. The
Revealed: Scottish Family Party leader breached electoral law
The leader of the Scottish Family Party breached electoral law by failing to submit a record of his personal campaign
Threat of legal action over farmed salmon ‘torture chamber’
Campaigners are contemplating legal action alleging animal cruelty after a video showed farmed salmon being deloused by a floating washing
How has polling changed on Scottish independence since 2014?
In the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, the No campaign won by 55 per cent to 45. In the five years
Covid-19: Scotland ‘losing £15m a day from loss in women’s earnings’
Women have been forced to perform more unpaid labour during the Covid-19 crisis with their collective lost earnings or
Exposed: the businesses that most often lobby Scottish ministers
Most lobbying of Scottish ministers has been carried out by big businesses and farmers, according to an analysis of Holyrood’
Claim Scottish Government got £21m from Summer economic update is Half True
As we emerge from the coronavirus lockdown the UK government’s strategy to restart the economy has been revealed, leading
Amazon warehouse now owned in tax haven after £6.3m tax payer subsidy
Amazon’s flagship Scottish centre, which received millions of pounds in publicly funded grants, is now owned in a tax
