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.
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Who’s lobbying Scotland? How big business influences Scottish ministers
Fossil fuel giants, influential PR firms and the short-term lets industry are among the top lobbyists of the Scottish Government
Scottish Tories handed nearly £100k by billionaire family behind tax haven firm
The Scottish Conservatives have been given £96,000 by members of an influential billionaire family behind a company ultimately owned
Hundreds of foreign property owners stay secret despite new rules
A “loophole” in new legislation means more than half of the offshore entities which own hundreds of Scottish properties including
Unmasked: The foreign states who bought up Scots property worth millions
The governments of China, Qatar, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates have extensive property portfolios in Scotland collectively worth nearly
Scottish firms linked to gas tycoon sanctioned over Russia
Dozens of firms registered at an Edinburgh address involve a man sanctioned by the United Nations who is linked to
Revealed: the Edinburgh offices linked to secretive Scottish Limited Partnerships
Two Edinburgh addresses are cited as the official headquarters for businesses that use opaque financial structures linked to alleged money
Tax haven firms investing in Scotland
The number of companies registered in tax havens investing in Scotland over the last decade has increased by nearly 60
Revealed: Scottish Family Party leader breached electoral law
The leader of the Scottish Family Party breached electoral law by failing to submit a record of his personal campaign
Revealed: Scottish property worth billions owned by tax haven firms
Foreign companies own £4.4 billion worth of Scottish property, The Ferret can reveal, leading to calls for greater transparency
£1,800 fine for £2.35m Tory dark money trust damned as ‘derisory’
An £1,800 fine imposed on a Tory dark money trust is “derisory” and “an advert to break the rules”
Revealed: the ‘revolving door’ between politics and lobbying in Scotland
At least 20 politicians, political advisers and civil servants from across the spectrum in Scotland have left to work as
Former Brexit minister under fire for meeting Spanish far right
Westminster’s former Brexit minister, Chris Heaton-Harris, has been accused of breaching the ministerial code for meeting privately with the
