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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Tory MPs back Cayman Islands tax haven after £18,000 trip
Four Tory MPs have been accused of defending the “secrecy industry” after vowing to support the Cayman Islands Government’s
Claim Scotland spends 10 times more per person on social housing than England is Half True
Theresa May has announced a funding boost for social housing across the UK, saying that £2bn has been earmarked to
‘I can be forthright’, says Fergus Ewing on bullying claim
Cabinet secretary Fergus Ewing has admitted he can be “forthright” and that he said sorry to an official who complained
Information watchdog names bodies probed for ‘failures’
The Scottish Information Commissioner has intervened in ten different public agencies to try and remedy transparency failings over the last
Fergus Ewing faced ‘at least one’ bullying complaint
Cabinet secretary and veteran Scottish nationalist, Fergus Ewing MSP, has apologised to a government official who made a recent allegation
Far-right Scots vlogger named in report on YouTube extremist networks
YouTube provides a network for far right extremists such as Scot Colin Robertson, aka Millennial Woes, to promote white supremacist
Sturgeon to quiz Police Scotland over branding fracking critics as “extremists”
Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, is to question Police Scotland over its branding of anti-fracking campaigners as “domestic extremists”
1p per person: how local democracy is being ‘systematically eroded’
A survey of the funding of every community council in Scotland has sparked claims that the bodies are being systematically
Tory ‘dark money’ donor fined by Electoral Commission
A Scottish organisation which gave £100,000 to the Conservative Party has been fined by the Electoral Commission for not
Fracking campaigners are ‘domestic extremists’, say Police Scotland
Opponents of fracking in Scotland are considered “domestic extremists” by Police Scotland, despite Home Office advice that campaigners should not
Claim 8,000 armed forces personnel will be affected by Scottish tax changes is Mostly True
The UK announced that armed forces personnel would be compensated for tax changes brought in by the Scottish Government. In
Revealed: the hidden storage costs faced by Scotland’s homeless
Charities and opposition parties have raised concerns about the hundreds of thousands in fees Scotland’s local authorities have charged