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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Firm linked to Tory donors probed by UN over human rights allegations in Indonesia
Jardine Matheson's founders have been escribed as "ruthless drug runners". Today the firm is under scrutiny for its activities in another controversial industry.
Claim Sudan refugees can apply for asylum through UNHCR is False
The ongoing crisis in Sudan has led to significant numbers of refugees fleeing the country as its civil war deepens.
UN climate czar Carney’s firm involved in North Sea oil field bid
The UN climate envoy, Mark Carney, is a senior leader at an investment firm which owns a key piece of
Survivor of child torture fights deportation to Rwanda
A Syrian survivor of childhood torture and detention has become the second person in Scotland to fight Home Office plans
Oil industry climate plans are “grossly insufficient”, study finds
Climate pledges by eight of Europe and America’s biggest oil and gas companies are “grossly insufficient” to limit global
New Cambo owner on UN blacklist for doing business in the West Bank
The parent company of the firm which owns the Cambo oil field is on a United Nations blacklist for doing
FFS explains: How is the UK helping Ukrainian refugees?
The UK’s efforts to take in refugees from the Ukraine war have been under the spotlight in recent weeks.
EHRC ‘did not seek consent’ before advising Scottish government on trans reform, SHRC says
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has condemned the Equality and Human Rights Commission for advising the Scottish government on transgender
Revealed: 1,000 fossil fuel and big business reps at COP26
Nearly 1,000 representatives from the fossil fuel industry, big business and nuclear power companies have registered to attend the
Lothian Pension Fund drops Israeli bank at centre of divestment campaign
Lothian Pension Fund no longer holds shares in an Israeli bank which finances illegal West Bank settlements, prompting pro-Palestinian divestment
Parent firm of COP26 sponsor opened big gas plants in Mexico
The parent company of one of the ‘green’ sponsors of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow has opened four new
UK condemned for Saudi arms deals as more than 2,000 children killed in Yemen
The UK Government has been accused of having “immoral” trade deals with Saudi Arabia after a new report accused the