$1bn and counting: blacklisted Israeli company raking it in from North Sea oil
A firm linked by the UN to West Bank settlements has received the sum through its stake in a North Sea oil company.
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Scottish government urged to introduce annual sewage leak reports
The Scottish Government has been urged to start reporting on sewage spillages annually after The Ferret revealed that sewage spilled
‘If I go out the Taliban will kill me – if I stay at home, poverty will’: Afghans make plea for UK help
Two Afghans in hiding from the Taliban in their home country – and in fear for their lives – have spoken to
Revealed: one bed at Dungavel costs taxpayer three times the average wage each year
Each bed at Dungavel immigration detention centre will cost taxpayers £74,000 per year – three times the Scottish average wage
Westminster and Holyrood “must up their game” on tobacco firms
Westminster and Holyrood “must up their game” to prevent tobacco firms influencing public health policies, say researchers. A new report
Glasgow University criticised for investing in firm linked to Trump’s ‘inhumane’ immigration sector
Students have called on the University of Glasgow to divest from a company linked to Donald Trump’s US immigration
FFS explains: carbon capture and storage
Carbon capture has been heralded by some as an important technological solution to the climate crisis. As COP26 continues in
The 35 COP26 ‘greenwash’ events run by polluting companies
Thirty-five official side-events at the COP26 climate summit are being organised by, or feature, big polluting companies or the lobby
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
Firm which sacked workers at Xmas given COP26 contract
The UK Government has awarded a £14 million security services contract at the COP26 climate summit to a company which
Big business named and shamed for paying invoices late
An engineering multinational in Aberdeen whose revenue last year was £5.48bn is among a number of big businesses named
Governments attacked for boosting pollution from North Sea oil
The UK will cause 361 million tonnes of carbon pollution by increasing North Sea oil production since the climate emergency
Critics condemn the UK’s increasingly privatised immigration industry
Travel agents, airlines, and arms, IT and surveillance firms, are among dozens of companies involved in the UK’s increasingly