‘Backroom’ lobbying on Coul Links golf plan under fire
Scottish ministers have been privately urged to back plans for a golf course on a coastal wildlife site. This has been condemned as “backdoor lobbying that tries to bypass the rules”.
Tom Brake
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Scottish Government gave £77m to secretive tax haven firms
A company controlled by billionaire media baron Rupert Murdoch, a US military aircraft producer, and a Clyde port owner with
House of Lords: Scots peers cost taxpayer £10m over five years
Scottish members of the House of Lords cost the taxpayer nearly £10m over the last five years, The Ferret can
Tory funders own more than £50m of Scottish property in secretive tax havens
Major financial backers of the Conservative Party – including personal donors to Boris Johnson – own lucrative properties across Scotland through secretive
Revealed: One in six lobby meetings at Holyrood published late
Corporations, businesses and charities lobbying MSPs and ministers to influence Scotland’s laws have reported thousands of meetings later than
Private health firms charging Scots hundreds for GP appointments
Private health firms operating in Scotland have financial links to politicians, been accused of mistreating staff and patients, and are
Lobbyist volunteered to help anti-SNP campaign in Scottish election
A senior lobbyist with an international consulting company volunteered to help a Facebook group running anti-SNP adverts during the Scottish
‘Dark money’ fears raised over anti-SNP Facebook adverts run by Unionists
A UK Government advisor and senior figure at the Adam Smith Institute (ASI) has funded adverts for a campaign group
Westminster ordered to name MPs in hard Brexit lobby group
The Information Commissioner has ruled that the UK government must name the MPs that belong to the European Research Group
UK trained war crimes investigations unit led by the ‘Butcher’
The UK Government trained a controversial war crimes investigations unit led by a man accused of complicity in torture and