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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Patriotic Alternative member accused of racial hatred had Adolf Hitler picture at home
A senior member of the far right group Patriotic Alternative who gave a speech at an anti-asylum seeker protest
Questions raised over £2m spent by ‘quango’ charged with care system reform
The organisation overseeing the Scottish Government’s flagship children’s care system reform – The Promise – has spent almost a third
Home Office backs down on refugee eviction policy
The Home Office has written to refugee organisations to confirm it will reverse a policy change that saw refugees evicted
‘Handing out gold’: how LA Homeboys are inspiring young Glaswegians to find purpose
While Los Angeles and Glasgow may be thousands of miles apart, many of the issues – gangs, poverty and adverse childhood
How to fix the news switch off? A review of our solutions stories from 2023
When The Ferret was set up in 2015 its mission was clear – to scrutinise and hold the powerful to account,
“Bounty hunting” by US law firms in UK could exploit whistleblowing
Scottish campaigners have accused powerful US law firms of planning to exploit whistleblowing procedures in Britain by “bounty hunting” for
Risky RAAC concrete now found in 1150 Scottish homes
1,150 affordable homes in Scotland have now been confirmed to have been built with unreliable concrete dubbed RAAC, we
What’s going on with Scottish education statistics?
Two sets of statistics looking at Scotland’s education system have been released in recent weeks. The most up-to-
Disabled refugee family facing eviction over Christmas
A refugee family with three young children and a disabled mother are due to be evicted from Glasgow asylum accommodation
Swimming with the Reservoir Frogs: could prescribing nature support healthy lives?
The skies are grey and foreboding at Edinburgh’s Portobello beach but for the nine regulars from The Ripple Project’
Care homes receive hundreds of complaints
Care homes chains operating in Scotland have had hundreds of complaints upheld by inspectors in recent years, The Ferret can
Did Eat Out to Help Out increase Covid-19 cases?
Boris Johnson has given evidence to the UK Covid-19 inquiry in recent days, as the decisions he and the