Claim John Swinney stayed at Peter Mandelson's residence is Mostly True
The first minister has been criticised online for staying with Mandelson on a trip to the US last year. We looked at the truth behind the claims.
Shirley-Anne Somerville
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FFS explains: Scotland’s Christmas and New Year strikes
This year has seen Scotland’s workers take strike action, impacting railways, universities, the postal service and more amid rising
Claim Higher passes are highest since devolution is Mostly True
Students in Scotland received their results on Tuesday, and for the second year in a row pupils have been graded
Claim historical data won’t be used for pupil assessment is Half True
Pupils will be not be assessed in traditional exams for the second year running, as Scotland’s education system continues
Assessment system for ‘exams in disguise’ has ‘lost credibility’ and ‘destroyed trust’
Leading Scottish education figures have claimed the SQA’s alternative model of assessment for pupils taking National 5s and Highers
‘An attack on human rights’: how austerity is eroding the lives of disabled people
For how long, wonders Alan Dick, can you stare at four walls before they start closing in? Seven years ago,