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Over 170,000 litres of a weedkiller officially classified as a probable cause of cancer have been widely used by local authorities across Scotland in the last five years, an...

Most of you probably saw Wee Ginger Dug's blogpost last week calling on the SNP leadership to keep its side of the bargain with the independence movement by taking steps...

The Transgender Inquiry we are not allowed to know about. You remember when Penny Mordaunt announced investigation into the rise in young people presenting at gender clinics? @carolinefff FOI request...

I'm going to update the blog properly quite soon - honestly.  I just got a bit out of habit over the festive period.  In the meantime, though, a quick note...

An animal welfare charity has released footage of a fox being chased by a pack of hounds and called on the Scottish Government to urgently strengthen hunting legislation. The...

Anyone who’s followed the UK political media over the last decade or so with specific reference to Scotland will know that in a very crowded field, the standout poster boy...

A UK government-backed programme running for-profit schools in Africa and India is being investigated by an international watchdog after concerns were raised over human rights and poor working conditions....

The Conservative government’s main policy priorities were announced in the Queen’s Speech as MPs returned to work after the election. One controversial policy which was confirmed was the government’s...

Over the last few days, for want of anything more interesting happening in Scottish politics, we’ve been reviewing some of the entertainingly fluid criteria by which Unionist politicians used to...

Firms profiting from NHS Scotland’s recruitment crisis have links to tax havens and pay their directors up to £184,000, a Ferret analysis has revealed. When NHS boards struggle to...