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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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
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
Liam Fox spends tens of millions on firms warning of Brexit dangers
Liam Fox’s Brexit trade department has spent tens of millions on companies that have warned of “chaos” and economic
Claim that SNP built more social rent homes than Labour Mostly True
Scotland’s lack of affordable housing has been criticised repeatedly by opposition politicians in recent years. Labour leader, Richard Leonard,
Revealed: Boris Johnson’s Afghan trip cost taxpayers £20,000
Boris Johnson’s widely criticised trip to Afghanistan when a crucial vote was due on Heathrow’s third runway cost
Claim that fire service paying VAT was ‘SNP policy’ is Mostly False
The fire service in Scotland has been hard at work this summer after an increase in malicious fires, but a
Former Tory MP quits ‘dark money’ trust
A Holyrood lobbyist and former Tory MP has quit a “dark money” trust funding the Scottish Conservatives, following an investigation
Call for Westminster probe into Tory ‘dark money’ donations
A campaign group has written to Westminster’s Commissioner for Standards to request an investigation into the conduct of two