The UK Government’s budget deficit for this year will reach 19 per cent of GDP for 2020/21, according to Chancellor Rishi Sunak. It’s worth reflecting on that figure in the ...
An animal rights group has condemned the Greyhound Board of Great Britain for taking nearly five months to report a serious welfare breach to the authorities.
3.6kSHARESScotland’s health secretary wanted to suspend freedom of information (FoI) legislation in response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to internal government emails obtained by The Ferret.Jeane Freeman MSP made the ...
1.6kSHARESRemigiusz Jabłecki had never organised a protest before.During the four years he had lived in Scotland he had never felt much need to become involved in politics. Back in Poland ...
2.3kSHARESThe company that runs the port at Hunterston in North Ayrshire wants to use it to break up the radioactive hulks of defunct nuclear submarines, The Ferret can reveal.A plan ...
6.9kSHARESA company promoting the trophy hunting of animals in northwest Scotland offers people the chance to shoot rare stags for up to £8,000, we can reveal.West Highland Hunting’s 2020 price ...
Among those who are sceptical about the impact of Covid-19, scientists advising the government on policy have become a target of criticism. One of the more high-profile people to face scrutiny ...
A major SNP drive to increase diversity amongst its MSPs has been accused by party insiders of being “window dressing”.Just one of 22 new candidates with Black, Asian and ethnic ...
One of Scotland’s leading wind power companies has come under attack for allegedly avoiding millions of pounds of tax by being owned in the Cayman Islands.Ventient Energy, which operates 13 ...
A 30-mile stretch of powerline through Dumfries and Galloway would pose a risk to “vulnerable wildlife populations,” according to campaigners, who say their concerns have been underestimated by the project’s ...
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