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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Scottish Government housing scheme criticised for ‘reviving right to buy’
The first homes built under the Scottish Government’s National Housing Trust programme have been sold off, prompting claims that
SNP claim of best rural broadband improvement is Mostly True
Broadband remains a talking point in Scotland, with the SNP comparing the state of superfast internet in Scotland to the
Scottish Government ‘repeating mistakes over Trump’ by helping new golf plan
The Scottish Government is under fire for repeating mistakes made with Donald Trump following revelations that it has been secretly
Fact check: ‘What has the SNP ever done for us?’
The SNP’s party political broadcast has caused some debate in Scottish politics, with the party making some significant claims
Claim wealth inequality in Scotland has increased is True
A new Oxfam report found that global wealth inequality has continued to increase, but whether the same is true for
Claim that recorded crime down and police numbers up is Mostly True
As 2018 began, the SNP decided to highlight on some of its achievements in government over the previous year and
Scottish cull plans for beavers criticised by conservation groups
Concerns have been raised over plans by the Scottish Government to simultaneously introduce legal protection to beavers while sanctioning licences
Claim Scotland Office hospitality spending has increased seven-fold is False
A row has broken out between the SNP and the Scotland Office after claims about spending on parties and social
The world’s icecaps are melting and threatening to flood millions, say scientists
New evidence of the dramatic and destabilising impact of carbon pollution on the world’s polar regions has prompted calls
Podcast: Genocide, the Yazidis and Scotland’s call for justice
“They called them ‘sabia’ or ‘jaria. This means ‘female slaves’. Daesh viewed them as ‘spoils of war’,” said Dr Luma
‘Dysfunctional’ Help to Buy subsidy should be scrapped, say critics
The Scottish Government is being urged to drop a “dysfunctional” subsidy for home-buyers after new data obtained by The
Scotland’s public forests ‘at risk’ from management shake-up
Wildlife, walking and other woodland attractions across the country are under threat from plans by Scotland’s largest public landowner