Jobs, bills and energy security: Fact-checking claims about Jackdaw gas field
The new gasfield was announced in recent weeks by the UK Government, and a number of claims emerged about its impact.
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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
Young people with autism ‘failed’ by Scottish school system
Young people with autism are being failed by Scottish schools, with children and young people with additional needs unlawfully excluded
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
Scottish Government treated autistic people ‘appallingly’
Scottish Government attempts to draw up policies on autism have treated autistic people “appallingly” and suffer from “well-intentioned ignorance”
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
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,
Call to shut down oil industry to combat climate change
Scotland must “rapidly” shut down its North Sea oil and gas industry to cut pollution and combat climate change, according
Councils paid £660m for temporary homeless accommodation
Local authorities across Scotland have paid out more than half a billion pounds putting homeless people in temporary accommodation such
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
Scottish salmon farming expansion must be stopped, say critics
Expansion of Scotland’s salmon farming industry should be banned until welfare standards are improved, according to a new report